About Margaret Thomson
Lived 1910 – 2005 (aged 95). Margaret Thomson was a film director, director and producer.
Margaret Thomson (10 June 1910 – 30 December 2005) Her first film-related job in England was with Gaumont-British Instructional Films, for whom she worked initially as their film librarian and subsequently as editor for a series of films on the ecology of Great Britain.
The only feature film Thomson directed was Child's Play (1954), a science-fiction film for Group 3 about children who managed to split the atom and thereby create a new form of popcorn.
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Who was Margaret Thomson?
Australian-born documentary filmmaker (1910–2005)
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Margaret Thomson was born on 10 June 1910.
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Margaret Thomson died on 30 December 2005.
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Margaret Thomson was a film director, director and producer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Margaret Thomson. https://biography.guide/margaret-thomson-film-director/
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