Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson had a distinguished career in cinema that began in 1935 Throughout the 1950s he accumulated footage for NY NY a success that led him to continue to experiment with Worlds Fair and Expo multiple screen films and later with large format films In collaboration with Alexander Hammid Thompson made the Academy Award winning film To Be Alive 196264 and the first IMAX film To Fly 1976 Thompson considered NY NY to be his most significant achievement in cinema Bruce Posner