Christopher Hampton

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Directors: Film & Television, Writers: Film & Television, Writers: Playwrights

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 and The Talking Cure. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, von Horváth, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art and Life x 3). His television work includes adaptations of The History Man and Hotel du Lac. His screenplays include The Honorary Consul, The Good Father, Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly, Total Eclipse, The Quiet American, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed, Atonement, Cheri and A Dangerous Method.

Christopher Hampton's plays, musicals and translations have  garnered four Tony Awards, Two Olivier Awards, four Evening  Standard Awards and the New York Theatre Critics Circle Award while  prizes for his film and television work include An Academy Award,  two BAFTAs, a Writer's Guild of America Award, the Prix Italian  and a Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival.