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A Short Biography of Christopher Hampton

Author Name:

Christopher Hampton

Born As:

Christopher James Hampton

Other Names:

Christopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL

Born:

26 Jan 1946

Died:





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Playwright                          
Selected Works:

Plays:

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

Filmography:

A Doll's House, screenwriter,  starring Claire Bloom - 1973
Tales from the Vienna Woods , screenwriter,  directed by Maximilian Schell - 1979
The History Man , screenwriter,  for the BBC - 1981
Beyond the Limit, screenwriter - 1983

The Honorary Consul, screenwriter,  based on a novel by Graham Greene starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere - 1984

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 - 1986

Dangerous Liaisons, play author/ screenwriter/ co-producer,  directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Malkovich, Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer - 1988

Cookie, screenwriter - 1989
Carrington, screenwriter/director - 1995
The Ginger Tree for BBC - 1989
Tales from Hollywood for BBC - 1989
Total Eclipse, play author/ screenwriter/ actor: The Judge,  directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis - 1995

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 novel, starring Gérard Depardieu, Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette - 1996
The Quiet American, screenwriter - 2002
Imagining Argentina, screenwriter/ director - 2003
Atonement, screenwriter - 2007
Sunset Boulevard, original material - 2008
Tokyo Rose, screenwriter - 2008.