The Long Afterlife of "Jim Thompson, Silk King"

My First Documentary, Twenty-five Years On

Jim Thompson in the Living Room of his Bangkok House, circa 1967/Courtesy of the Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company

Recently I appeared on a podcast on Jim Thompson, the American architect/OSS officer/Thai silk magnate/art collector/disappeared person whose life and work I explored in “Jim Thompson, Silk King” (2001). Although I’ve spoken and written about m…