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She previously served as head of documentary films for A+E Networks and, as an executive producer at A&amp;E IndieFilms, was behind the recent <em>The Clinton Affair<\/em>, Charles Ferguson\u2019s <em>Watergate<\/em> docuseries and Academy Award-nominated <em>Murderball<\/em> and <em>Jesus Camp<\/em>, among a raft of others.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from documentaries, Thompson produced two narrative features for Lifetime Films: <em>Lila &amp; Eve<\/em>, starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez, and <em>Paris Can Wait<\/em>, starring Diane Lane and Alec Baldwin. 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