Tommy Thompson on AllMovie

Longtime Robert Altman collaborator Tommy Thompson started off his professional career working on the 1950s television show I Love Lucy as a first assistant director. Thompson also became a producer for many television shows throughout the years, with Evening Shade and Designing Women among his most popular works. His work with Altman began on the 1971 film McCabe and Mrs. Miller and continued through to the year 2000, with Dr. T and the Women. This last film was still in production when Thompson died from a heart attack at the age of 72.