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Christopher Hampton

Screenwriter / Playwright / Film Director / Writer | * 01/26/1946 (78) | Faial Island (Portugal)
Sir Christopher James Hampton (Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. He has thrice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Atonement (2007) and The Father (2020); winning for the former and latter. Hampton is also known for his work in the theatre including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Philanthropist. He also translated the plays The Seagull (2008), God of Carnage (2009), The Father (2016), and The Height of the Storm (2019). He also wrote the books and lyrics for musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). He received two Tony Awards for Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. ()
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Sir Christopher James Hampton CBE FRSL is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | TV Movies

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A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reali ...

The Father

PG-13

2020 | 4.1/5 | 1h 37min
Drama
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In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as ...

Dangerous Liaisons

R

1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h 59min
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As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. ...

Atonement

R

2007 | 3.8/5 | 2h 3min
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In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, the trio sinks de ...

The Quiet American

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2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 41min
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Awards & Nominations for Christopher Hampton

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Writers Guild of America Awards 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Knight Bachelor European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Scott Moncrieff Prize 2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay European Film Academy Lux Award European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
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Movies with Christopher Hampton as Actor(3)

as himself2017 Joe Orton Laid Bare
as himself2017 Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
as The Judge1995 Total Eclipse

Movies with Christopher Hampton as Crew(30)

Writing/Screenplay2022 The Son
Writing/Screenplay2022 A German Life
Writing/Screenplay2020 The Father
Production/Producer2017 The General And Me
Writing/Writer2016 Ali and Nino
Writing/Theatre Play2016 National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Writing/Screenplay2013 Adore
Writing/Screenplay2013 The Thirteenth Tale
Writing/Screenplay2011 A Dangerous Method
Writing/Theatre Play2011 A Dangerous Method
Writing/Writer2009 Chéri
Writing/Screenplay2007 Atonement
Directing/Director2003 Imagining Argentina
Writing/Screenplay2002 The Quiet American
Directing/Director1996 The Secret Agent
Writing/Writer1996 The Secret Agent
Writing/Screenplay1996 Mary Reilly
Writing/Screenplay1995 Total Eclipse
Directing/Director1995 Carrington
Writing/Screenplay1995 Carrington
Writing/Writer1992 Tales from Hollywood
Writing/Screenplay1988 Dangerous Liaisons
Writing/Theatre Play1988 Dangerous Liaisons
Writing/Writer1986 Hotel du Lac
Writing/Screenplay1986 The Wolf at the Door
Writing/Writer1985 The Good Father
Writing/Screenplay1983 The Honorary Consul
Writing/Writer1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods
Writing/Writer1975 The Philanthropist
Writing/Screenplay1973 A Doll's House

TV Shows/Series with Christopher Hampton as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer2020 The Singapore Grip
Writing/Writer1989 The Ginger Tree

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 01/26 1946 (January) in Faial Island (Portugal) (current age: 78 years + 91 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New College, Reigate St Mary's School
Member of: Royal Society of Literature
Other names for Christopher Hampton (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Christopher James Hampton"
Christopher Hampton frequently works together with these people:
Florian Zeller (7x, Crew)
Norma Heyman (5x, Crew)
Anthony Hopkins (4x, Actor)
Maximilian Schell (4x, Actor)
Stephen Frears (4x, Crew)
Tiana Alexandra (4x, Actress)
Harriet Walter (3x, Actress)
Henning Carlsen (3x, Crew)
Philippe Carcassonne (3x, Crew)
Luc Verschueren (3x, Crew)
Campbell Young (3x, Crew)
Dominic Leech (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:320964, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024