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P R O M O S H O W R E E L

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Original Jesus Jones visual pitched to EMI Records

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Scenes from Jesus Jones - ' Who Am I? Where Am I?' - EMI Records

After producing several experimental films (Last Orders, Cows, Samaritans etc.) during his years at art college, Marcus Thompson joined Granada Television as an assistant film editor in order to learn the craft of professional film production. It was not until the early eighties that he was able to find the resources to put his hard learned experiences into practice, with the production of Edward, the 35mm cinema short about the lifestyle and work of artist Edward Bell, which he wrote, directed and produced. The film was selected to represent Great Britain in the Los Angeles Film Festival of 1982.

Jesus Jones - 'Who Am I? Where Am I?' - EMI Records

It was the success of this first professionally made short that caught the attention of film producer Mike Deneen, who commissioned Thompson to direct corporate films for London based Bedford Productions. Commissions followed with films for Paris based fashion magazine Marie Claire and London’s top class store, Harrods.

Ocean Colour Scene Set - London Records

Freed from the cutting rooms, Thompson was now able to pursue his directorial career on a full time basis. He created, wrote and directed the TV series Neat And Tidy and soon after Malevolence, the feature length film noire set in a remote country cottage. An art exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in 1990 led directly to a commission from EMI Records to conceive and direct a music video for chart toppers Jesus Jones. This was followed by countless videos for other bands such as Run Rig, Ocean Colour Scene, Innocence, Two Tribes, River City People, The Poppy Factory, Distant Cousins and EMI’s RPLA. to name but a few. At this time Thompson also directed commercials for Honda Motorcycles, also produced by Judy Parkinson.

Ocean Colour Scenes - London Records

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Ocean Colour Scenes - London Records

By 1993 Thompson decided the time had come to concentrate on his real ambition; to write and direct his own feature films, and as a result, principle photography commenced on Middleton’s Changeling on May 30th 1994 in Alicante, Spain

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RPLA - EMI Records

Scene from River City People Video - EMI Records

This Showreel features a montage of work done during the period prior to the production of Middleton’s Changeling.

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