---
name: "Joel Anderson Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-anderson-thompson"
fi1m_id: "joel-anderson-thompson"
imdb_id: "nm1403671"
tmdb_id: 1223971
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T11:26:16.119791+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."
---

# Joel Anderson Thompson

## Identity

Joel Anderson Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-anderson-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-anderson-thompson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1403671
- **TMDB ID:** 1223971
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1403671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223971

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Joel Thompson
- **Frequently works with:** [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1403671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223971

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*House*](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Masters of the Air*](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Joel Anderson Thompson is an American television writer and producer, also credited as Joel Thompson. He began his career as a story editor and writer on the crime drama *Boomtown* (2003). He studied for an MFA in writing for film, theatre and television at New York University after leaving medical school, and he is a member of the Writers Guild of America.

Thompson wrote for *House* (2005, as Joel Thompson), *Battlestar Galactica* (2005–2006, including the episode "Epiphanies", as executive story editor), *Falling Skies* (2011) and *Krypton* (2019). He created and executive-produced the series *Superstition* (2017–2018) and contributed to *Masters of the Air* (2024) and *Roswell, New Mexico* (2021–2022).

He has taught screenwriting at UCLA Extension and other institutions.

*Sources: imdb.com, house.fandom.com, uclaextension.edu, fallingskies.fandom.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), Fi1m 66, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Roswell, New Mexico* (2019), series, Writer
- *Krypton* (2018), series, Writer
- *Superstition* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Writer
- *House* (2004), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)

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