Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. He wrote his first play,
When Did You Last See My Mother?, at the age of eighteen. Since then, his plays have included
The Philanthropist, Savages, Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, White Chameleon, The Talking Cure, Appomattox and
A German Life.
Appomattox was turned into an opera by Philip Glass in 2014. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, von Horváth, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including
Art and
Life x 3). He has translated seven plays by Florian Zeller, including
The Father and
The Son, both of which he subsequently co-wrote for the screen with Florian Zeller, winning an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for
The Father in 2021. Musicals include
Rebecca,
Stephen Ward,
Sunset Boulevard and
The Third Man. His television work includes adaptations of
The History Man, Hôtel du Lac and
The Singapore Grip. His screenplays include
The Honorary Consul, The Good Father, Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly, Total Eclipse, The Quiet American, Atonement, Cheri, A Dangerous Method, Ali & Nino, Carrington, The Secret Agent and
Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed.
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