Ernest Thompson’s work has won an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, Writers Guild and Broadway Drama Guild Awards and been nominated for a Tony, an Emmy and a British Academy Award. His plays have been seen in theatres around the world, his most enduring, On Golden Pond, translated into 30 languages and presented in more than 40 countries.

Current projects include an On Golden Pond Broadway revival, directed by and starring the author, true also of his one-man play, Archie Parish’s Parting Words, now on tour in the Northeast, the short film The Constituent, screening at various festivals, and the long-awaited movie sequel, Home On Golden Pond.

A prolific songwriter, Ernest Thompson has collaborated with Carly Simon and other legends. His song “The Father Daughter Dance,” will soon be playing at a wedding near you for the rest of time.

With his writer wife Kerrin Thompson, he established Rescind Recidivism, a prison writing program giving inmates a chance to feel creative as well as human, capable and worthy.