---
name: "Stephen S. Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-s-thompson"
fi1m_id: "stephen-s-thompson"
tmdb_id: 2671428
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 February 1966"
died: "26 May 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:09:05.639234+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."
---

# Stephen S. Thompson

## Identity

Stephen S. Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-s-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-s-thompson
- **TMDB ID:** 2671428
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2671428

Writer. Born 23 February 1966 in Hackney, London, England, UK. Died 26 May 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 February 1966, Hackney, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 May 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2671428

## Biography

Stephen S. Thompson was a British novelist and screenwriter of Jamaican descent. His debut novel *Toy Soldiers* was published in 2000, followed by further novels including *Missing Joe* (2012) and *No More Heroes* (2016). He wrote for publications such as *The Observer*, *The Voice* and *Wasafiri*, and edited the online literary journal *The Colverstone Review*.

Thompson wrote the feature-length drama *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), broadcast on BBC One and directed by Stella Corradi. The script drew on the experiences of his brother Anthony Bryan during the Windrush scandal. The film won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama.

He lectured in creative writing at institutions including Birkbeck College and the University of Edinburgh, and taught screenwriting at Central Film School in London. Thompson died of cancer on 26 May 2022, aged 56.

*Sources: variety.com, theguardian.com, rts.org.uk, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md)

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