Education
Thompson graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema, as did writing partner David Weddle, whom he originally met in an acting class.
Thompson graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema, as did writing partner David Weddle, whom he originally met in an acting class.
They also wrote for the short-lived series (1997) and (2000). Thompson and Weddle are currently working on episodes of "," the television adaptation of the novel series by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Weddle and Thompson first pitched stories for Deep Space Nine at Paramount Pictures.
In 1995, the two joined the writing staff for DS9"s final four seasons, crafting 12 episodes.
On the series, they worked with producer Ronald Doctorate. Moore, who hired them for in 2004. Together with Weddle, Thompson served as a story editor on the first season of, and they became co-producers in the second season.
They wrote a total of 15 episodes for BSG. In 2008, Thompson and Weddle joined the staff of Computer Society of India: Las Vegas mid-way through Season 9 as writers and supervising producers. In Season 10, they became co-executive producers, writing nine episodes in all over three seasons.
In 2011, they joined the writing staff for the second season of the Steven Spielberg alien-invasion drama on TNT. In 2012, they acted as co-executive producers for the television movie: Blood & Chrome and the pilot for the television series Defiance, both on Syfy.
In 2013 they began writing for the first season of an Forex adaptation of "," a horror novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. They are two of the series" eight executive producers.
Their responsibilities as producers increased during the third season, and they achieved supervising producer status for the fourth season. An episode they wrote for the 11th season, "Fracked," won the Environmental Media Association"s 21st Annual Environmental Media Award for Television Episodic Drama.