Geoff Thompson

Geoff Thompson (born 26 January 1960) is a BAFTA-winning writer, film-maker, spiritual teacher, and martial artist. He has written prolifically in a wide range of genres, including books on spirituality, self-help, self defence, and martial arts, and scripts for film and stage.

Biography Early life Geoff Thompson was born on 26 January 1960 in Coventry, United Kingdom.

Martial artist (1990s) Thompson became a martial artist specialising in 'reality' martial arts and self defence, based on his experience at the night club door, and co-founded the British Combat Association with Peter Consterdine. and this won Thompson a BAFTA award in 2004 for Best Short Film.

He wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Pyramid Texts (2015), starring James Cosmo. Thompson made his directorial debut in 2015 with the short film The 20 Minute Film Pitch.

His work Romans 12:20, directed by the Shammasian Brothers and starring Craig Conway, (2008), has been adapted into a feature film, Romans (2017), starring Orlando Bloom.

Writing for stage Thompson has written for stage, including the play Fragile which is semi-autobiographical and showed in Coventry.

Spiritual teacher, podcast, TED talk Alongside writing, for many years Thompson was a spiritual teacher and coach, drawing upon his own experiences as a martial artist and of personal problems that he had contended with, which inspired his self-help books.

Thompson produced a popular podcast on spiritual guidance and self-help for a number of years, and in 2016 he presented a TED talk entitled Conquering Fear.

Recent years In 2020 he released an autobiography, Notes from a Factory Floor and the spiritual self-help text The Divine CEO.

Filmography Feature films Clubbed (2008) – Writer, starring Colin Salmon Later renamed Retaliation.

Short films Bouncer (2002) – Writer, starring Ray Winstone. BAFTA nominated. Brown Paper Bag (2003) - Writer, starring Ronnie Fox. BAFTA winning. Romans 12:20 (2008) – Writer Pink (2009) – Writer Counting Backwards (2014) – Writer The 20 Minute Film Pitch (2015) – Writer and Director