His last project was the costume designs for Mikhail Baryshnikov's
production of Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker", on both stage and
television. Thompson died six months before the television version was
actually shown.
His only award nomination came posthumously, when he was nominated for
an Emmy for "America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music".
He was not nominated for his costumes for the Baryshnikov production of
"The Nutcracker".