---
name: "Caroline Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/caroline-thompson"
fi1m_id: "caroline-thompson"
imdb_id: "nm0003031"
tmdb_id: 1901
wikidata_id: "Q273712"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 April 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:46:08.767889+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."
---

# Caroline Thompson

## Identity

Caroline Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/caroline-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** caroline-thompson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003031
- **TMDB ID:** 1901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q273712
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273712, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1901

Writer. Born 23 April 1956 in Washington D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 April 1956, Washington D.C., USA
- **Active:** 1990–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md), [Denise Di Novi](https://film.one/person/denise-di-novi.md), [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Fantasy 4, Animation 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $471m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273712, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1901

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Edward Scissorhands*](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md) (83), [*The Nightmare Before Christmas*](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Addams Family*](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Caroline Thompson (born 23 April 1956) is an American screenwriter, novelist, director and producer. She was born in Washington, D.C., and studied at Radcliffe College and Amherst College.

She wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton's *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), on which she also received story credit with Burton, as well as the screenplays for *The Addams Family* (1991) and *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993). Other screenwriting credits include *Corpse Bride* (2005), *City of Ember* (2008) and *Welcome to Marwen* (2018).

Thompson has also directed *Black Beauty* (1994) and *Buddy* (1997), both of which she wrote, and the television film *Snow White: The Fairest of Them All* (2001). She co-adapted a stage version of *Edward Scissorhands* with Matthew Bourne.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Fi1m 83, Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version* (2024), Writer, Original Film Writer, Story
- *Welcome to Marwen* (2018), Screenplay
- *City of Ember* (2008), Screenplay
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *Snow White* (2001), Director, Teleplay, Producer
- *Buddy* (1997), Director, Screenplay, Screenstory
- *Black Beauty* (1994), Director, Screenplay
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *The Secret Garden* (1993), Screenplay
- *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), Screenplay
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Associate Producer, Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Osito, la película*, Director
- *Snootworld*, Writer
- *The Big War*, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1991: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Edward Scissorhands*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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