Ralph L. Thomas

Ralph L. Thomas
Born (1939-09-08) September 8, 1939
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Years active 19771996
Spouse(s) Dorothy Thomas

Ralph L. Thomas (born September 8, 1939) is a Brazilian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He was born in São Luís, Maranhão to Canadian Baptist missionary parents and grew up there and in Canada. He attended the University of Toronto for two years and began to write for the entertainment pages of the Toronto Star in 1963.

He is married to Vivienne Leebosh, film producer. He was earlier married to Dorothy Thomas, a Toronto City Councillor.[2]

He directed his first film in 1977 for CBC Television, a made-for-TV movie called Tyler. He continued to make movies for television for a few years before he got his big break directing the feature film Ticket to Heaven. The film won Best Motion Picture at the Genie Awards and Thomas was nominated for Best Director.[3]

His follow-up film, The Terry Fox Story, also won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. Thomas continued to direct feature and television films until 1996.

Selected filmography

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.