BIOGRAPHY

Acclaimed Hollywood producer, author and motivational speaker, Larry A. Thompson has managed the careers of over 200 stars. Voted "Showman Of The Year" in 1998 by the U.S. Television Fan Association, Thompson has produced 17 movies for television, including the highly acclaimed ABC world premiere movie, “And The Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story,” 5 motion pictures, 2 television series, 3 television specials, and various series pilots. Thompson received the industry’s prestigious Vision Award and his productions have received nominations for 8 Emmys, 2 Prism Awards, and a Golden Globe. He is perennially listed in Who’s Who In America and Who’s Who In The World.

Thompson started his career in show business as in-house counsel for Capitol Records where he negotiated the famed Beatles breakup. By the 1970s, he was a founding partner in the entertainment law firm of Thompson, Shankman, Bond and Moss where he packaged movie and television projects and represented the careers of many prominent actors and performers. He also orchestrated the $300 million dollar merger between Harrahs and Holiday Inn. When the law partnership was amicably dissolved, Thompson created the Larry A. Thompson Organization, a company devoted to film production and personal management of talent.

Thompson, with two other lawyers, subsequently purchased New World Pictures from Roger Corman for $16.5 million dollars and immediately took the company public. He sold his New World equity position in 1983 and refocused his attention to independent film production and talent management.

Thompson and his team of managers guided the careers of over 200 artists including, among others, William Shatner, Drew Barrymore, Cindy Crawford, Barry White, Shannen Doherty, Mariska Hargitay, Linda Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tatum O'Neal, Donna Mills, Linda Blair, Bruce Boxleitner, Justine Bateman, Alan Thicke, Donna Dixon, William Devane, Richard Pryor, Tori Spelling, Robert Blake, Merle Haggard, Iman, Steve Guttenberg, Sally Kellerman, Delta Burke, and Sonny & Cher.

In 1998, other than continuing to represent William Shatner, whom he has managed since 1980, Thompson decided to devote his full attention to film, television and new media production.

In 2001, Thompson Executive Produced two 1-hour UPN Network Specials titled “Iron Chef USA: Showdown In Las Vegas” and “Iron Chef USA: Holiday Showdown” based on the very popular Japanese show “Iron Chef.” His highly acclaimed 2003 Lifetime Television Movie, “A Date With Darkness: The Trial And Capture Of Andrew Luster,” was the third highest cable movie of the year and received rave reviews.

Thompson is presently producing with Michael Wilson the reality series “Celebrity Home Video.” He is also producing the headline, heart-warming story of little Delimar Vera, supposedly killed in a house fire as a newborn but spotted by her mother six years later at a birthday party.

Thompson, his wife, Kelly, and their daughter, Taylor, live in Beverly Hills , California .

For more information visit www.LarryThompsonOrg.com.

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