---
name: "Andrew Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-thompson-1006823"
fi1m_id: "andrew-thompson-1006823"
imdb_id: "nm2705182"
tmdb_id: 1006823
wikidata_id: "Q114875548"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:54:08.369610+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Andrew Thompson

## Identity

Andrew Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-thompson-1006823
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-thompson-1006823
- **IMDb ID:** nm2705182
- **TMDB ID:** 1006823
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114875548
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114875548, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2705182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1006823

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114875548, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2705182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1006823

## Biography

Andrew Thompson is a British documentary filmmaker who works as a director, cinematographer and producer. He co-directed the 2009 film *Mugabe and the White African* with Lucy Bailey, for which he also served as cinematographer.

Thompson has contributed to science and factual series including *Horizon* and *NOVA*, holding producer and director credits on multiple episodes. His other work includes cinematography on documentaries such as *Being AP* (2015) and episodes of *P.O.V.*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, documentary.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mugabe and the White African* (2009), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mugabe-and-the-white-african.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Queens* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley* (2020), series, Director
- *Ancient Invisible Cities* (2018), series, Director
- *I Hate Jane Austen* (2017), Cinematography
- *Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Earth's Natural Wonders* (2015), series, Director
- *Inside the Animal Mind* (2014), series, Director
- *Mugabe and the White African* (2009), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/mugabe-and-the-white-african.md)
- *Inside the Saudi Kingdom* (2008), Camera Operator
- *NOVA* (1974), series, Director

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