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Name: Christopher Hampton  
   
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Date of Birth: 26th January 1946
   
Place of Birth: Fayal, Azores, Portugal
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Christopher Hampton (born January 26, 1946 to British parents in Fayal, Azores) is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the movie Dangerous Liaisons.

As a child, Hampton lived in Aden, Egypt and Zanzibar and at the age of 13 went to Lancing College. In 1964 he went to Oxford, New College, to study German and French and graduated with a First Class Degree in 1968. He became involved in theatre at Oxford University and moved on to become the youngest writer ever to have a play performed in the West End in 1966. From 1968-70 he worked as the Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court in London.

Bibliography

INCOMPLETE

  • 1964 - When Did You Last See My Mother?
  • 1967 - Total Eclipse
  • 1969 - The Philanthropist
  • 1974 - Savages
  • 1975 - Treats
  • 1984 - Tales From Hollywood
  • ???? - "Tartuffe"

Adaptations

  • ???? - "Dangerous Liaisons" from a novel by Choderlos de Laclos for the Royal Shakespeare Company
  • ???? - "Sunset Boulevard for Andrew Lloyd Webber

Filmography

  • 1973 - A Doll's House(screenwriter) starring Claire Bloom
  • 1979 - Tales From The Vienna Woods (screenwriter) (directed by Maximilian Schell)
  • 1981 - The History Man (screenwriter) for the BBC
  • 1983 - Beyond The Limit (screenwriter)
  • 1984 - The Honorary Consul based on a novel by Graham Greene starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere
  • 1986 - The Wolf At The Door (screenwriter)
  • 1986 - Hotel Du Lac (screenwriter/ director)
  • 1986 - The Good Father (screenwriter) based on a novel by Peter Prince
  • 1986 - Arriving Tuesday (producer)
  • 1988 - Dangerous Liaisons (play author/ screenwriter/ co-producer) directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Malkovich, Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer
  • 1989 - Cookie (screenwriter)
  • 1995 - Carrington (screenwriter)
  • 1989 - The Ginger Tree for BBC
  • 1989 - Tales From Hollywood for BBC
  • 1995 - Total Eclipse (play author/ screenwriter/ actor: The Judge) directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Leonardo Di Caprio and David Thewlis
  • 1996 - Mary Reilly (screenwriter) based on the Valerie Martin novel about Dr. Jekyll's housemaid, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
  • 1996 - The Secret Agent (screenwriter/ director) based on a Joseph Conrad short story, starring Gérard Depardieu, Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette
  • 2002 - The Quiet American (screenwriter)
  • 2003 - Imagining Argentina (screenwriter/ director)

Translation Work

  • Uncle Vanya
  • Hedda Gabler
  • Don Juan by Molière
  • 1996 - Art by Yasmina Reza
  • 2000 - Conversations After A Burial by Yasmina Reza
  • 1981 - The History Man (screenwriter)

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