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Shirley Thompson

Shirley Thompson

Editorial Department, Producer, Editor

Born June 7, 1963 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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A seasoned documentary producer, writer and editor, and a passionate storyteller, Shirley Thompson is best known for the documentaries she has edited and/or produced, including Promesa (2024), Baseball Behind Barbed Wire (2023), The Last Rodeo (2022), Savvy (2020), Finding Kukan (2016), Winning Girl (2014), Pidgin: the Voice of Hawaii (2008), Special Circumstances (2006), Surfing for Life (2000) & It's Elementary (1996).

Many of the films she has worked on have received major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. These films have garnered major awards, screened at film festivals around the world and broadcast nationally on public television.

She co-produced Reel Wahine of Hawaii, a series of short films portraying top women filmmakers. She directed six of the 30 films, featuring producer/director Alison Week, cinematographer Shaneika Aguilar, director Zoe Eisenberg, producer Heather Giugni, camerawoman Victoria Keith and producer Myrna Kamae. The series was produced in collaboration with Hawaii Women in Filmmaking and was honored with a Northern California Emmy Award.

A New Orleans native who lived and worked in San Francisco and Dallas, she has been based in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2010. Shirley is a proud member of the New Day Films collective since 1993. As a Latina and a daughter of immigrants, she is committed to filmmaking that builds bridges across cultures and communities.

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Filmography

Editorial Department

17

Type

Year

A Paradise Lost Poster

A Paradise Lost Feature Film2025

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Poster

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Feature Film2022

THE ISLAND IN ME Poster

THE ISLAND IN ME Feature Film2021

Sisters Rising Poster

Sisters Rising Documentary2020

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i Poster

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i TV Series2018

Out of State Poster

Out of State Documentary2017

Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the Sea Poster

Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the Sea Documentary2014

Kumu Hina Poster

Kumu Hina Documentary2014

Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago Poster

Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago Documentary2013

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Documentary2010

Eating Alaska Poster

Eating Alaska Documentary2008

At Last Feature Film2005

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew Poster

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew Documentary2002

Bionic Beauty Salon Poster

Bionic Beauty Salon Short Film1999

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Rabbit in the Moon Documentary1999

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Producer

8

Type

Year

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Poster

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Feature Film2022

Crossing Spaces: Chuuk, Pohnpei & Marshall Islands Short Film2018

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i Poster

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i TV Series2018

Finding Kukan Poster

Finding Kukan Documentary2016

Breadfruit and Open Spaces Documentary2012

Eating Alaska Poster

Eating Alaska Documentary2008

Special Circumstances Poster

Special Circumstances Documentary2007

Killer Sexy Short Film2006

Editor

24

Type

Year

Dear Aloha Short Film2025

Baseball Behind Barbed Wire Poster

Baseball Behind Barbed Wire Short Film2023

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Poster

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Feature Film2022

$avvy Feature Film2021

39 and a Half Poster

39 and a Half Feature Film2019

Crossing Spaces: Chuuk, Pohnpei & Marshall Islands Short Film2018

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i Poster

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i TV Series2018

Ku Kanaka/Stand Tall Poster

Ku Kanaka/Stand Tall TV Movie2017

Finding Kukan Poster

Finding Kukan Documentary2016

Just a Piece of Cloth Poster

Just a Piece of Cloth Short Film2015

Winning Girl Poster

Winning Girl Documentary2014

Breadfruit and Open Spaces Documentary2012

SLANT 45: The Movie Documentary2011

Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i Poster

Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i Documentary2009

It's Still Elementary Poster

It's Still Elementary Documentary2007

Special Circumstances Poster

Special Circumstances Documentary2007

By Invitation Only Poster

By Invitation Only Documentary2006

Killer Sexy Short Film2006

Louie, Louie: A Portrait in Parkinson's Poster

Louie, Louie: A Portrait in Parkinson's Documentary2005

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Surfing for Life Poster

Surfing for Life Documentary1999

Iroquois Women: The Three Sisters Short Film1998

It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School Poster

It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School Documentary1996

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Other Crew

1

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Writer

4

Type

Year

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Poster

Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing Feature Film2022

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i Poster

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i TV Series2018

Finding Kukan Poster

Finding Kukan Documentary2016

Special Circumstances Poster

Special Circumstances Documentary2007

Director

3

Type

Year

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i Poster

Reel Wahine of Hawai'i TV Series2018

Killer Sexy Short Film2006

Malebox Short Film2005

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Racket Short Film2022

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

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