Bill Thompson was born on August 30, 1949, in Gowanda, New York, and was reared in Cattaraugus.
Bill Thompson, a prominent studio executive who booked films with companies like Miramax Films, Gramercy Pictures, and Lot 47 Films, died on Sunday from cancer, according to his widow. He was 83.
Over the course of more than 50 years in the film distribution and exhibition business, Thompson held executive sales and senior film buying positions.
The New Yorker was put on the road to success in the film industry when he joined 20th Century Fox’s Washington, D.C. Branch. He returned to his home state in 1978 to work for Cinema 5 Distribution. He had mastered the art of film acquisition there by the following year.
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