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name: "Ernest Thompson"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 November 1949"
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average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:28:26.218858+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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# Ernest Thompson

Writer. Born 6 November 1949 in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 November 1949, Bellows Falls, Vermont
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70570

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*On Golden Pond*](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md) (72)

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## Biography

Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor and director. He wrote the play *On Golden Pond*, which opened off-Broadway in 1978 before transferring to Broadway in 1979. He adapted it for the screen, and the 1981 film starred Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda.

Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film, as well as a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild of America award. He directed the feature *1969* (1988). He graduated from American University in 1971 and has written numerous other plays and screenplays.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ernestthompson.us, american.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *On Golden Pond* (1981), Fi1m 72, Screenplay, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Friction* (2010), as Terry Plant
- *La Maison du lac* (2008), Theatre Play
- *On Golden Pond* (2001), Writer, Director
- *Out of Time* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Next Stop Wonderland* (1998), as Nathan
- *On Golden Pond* (1996), Author
- *The West Side Waltz* (1995), as Manville Truple · Director, Writer
- *The Lies Boys Tell* (1994), Writer
- *ICE Train North America Tour* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Sweet Hearts Dance* (1988), Writer
- *1969* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Star 80* (1983), as Phil Wass
- *On Golden Pond* (1981), Screenplay, Theatre Play — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md)
- *F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles* (1974), as Earl Shoen

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1982: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *On Golden Pond*

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

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