---
name: "James L. Thompson III"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-l-thompson-iii"
fi1m_id: "james-l-thompson-iii"
imdb_id: "nm0859808"
tmdb_id: 1553890
wikidata_id: "Q118126268"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T10:55:28.400838+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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# James L. Thompson III

## Identity

James L. Thompson III

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-l-thompson-iii
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-l-thompson-iii
- **IMDb ID:** nm0859808
- **TMDB ID:** 1553890
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118126268
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859808/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553890

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Also known as:** James Thompson III, James L. Thompson, James Thompson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859808/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553890

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

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## Biography

James L. Thompson III is a television producer and director. He worked on *The Vampire Diaries* (2009) from its first season, initially as associate producer, then co-producer, producer, and executive producer, and directed the episode "Coming Home Was a Mistake" in season eight.

He has also produced *The Originals* (2013), *Legacies* (2018), *Roswell, New Mexico* (2019), *The Bold Type* (2017), *Death and Other Details* (2024) and other series.

*Sources: imdb.com, vampirediaries.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Stick* (2025), series, Producer
- *Death and Other Details* (2024), series, Producer
- *Snowshoe* (2021), Co-Producer
- *The Bold Type* (2017), series, Co-Producer, Producer
- *The Following* (2013), series, Producer, Co-Producer
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Producer, Co-Producer, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

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