CAROLINE THOMPSON
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Caroline Thompson was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in a house full of books where she fell in love with horror novels, fantasy and children’s classics. Her suburban neighborhood and favorite novel, Frankenstein, later inspired her horror novel, First Born, and first produced screenplay, Edward Scissorhands. Thompson continued to explore horror and fantasy in screenplays for The Addams Family, City of Ember, and Welcome To Marwen, and the stop-motion animation features, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. She adapted The Secret Garden and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and directed and wrote Black Beauty, Buddy and Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. In 2011, she received Austin Film Festival’s Distinguished Screenwriter Award. She lives near Santa Barbara with her husband and two dogs. · www.creativeprocess.info
