Christopher Hampton
British playwright, screenwriter and translator · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80
Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name, and for the film adaptation.
Christopher Hampton is read about 114 times a day, in 27 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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2021Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAwardEuropean Film Award for Best ScreenwriterAward2020Knight BachelorAward1997Scott Moncrieff PrizeAward1995Tony Award for Best Book of a MusicalAwardTony Award for Best Original ScoreAward1989Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1983“Brecht always liked people to be aware that they were in a theatre. I said to him more than once, but Brecht, what makes you think they think they're anywhere else?”In their wordsHorváth in scene 81977“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.”In their words16 October 1977Sunday Times Magazine (London1976Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1969“I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.”In their wordsDon in scene 6“Masturbation is the thinking man's television.”In their wordsJonathan1946Born26 January 1946
People around Christopher
Close ties
- Norma Heyman Produced The Honorary Consul (1983)
Stephen Frears Directed Dangerous Liaisons and Mary Reilly
Philippe Carcassonne Produced Adoration, The Father and The Son
Emma Thompson Christopher directed Carrington (1995)
Florian Zeller Directed The Father and The Son
Anthony Hopkins Christopher wrote The Father and A Doll's House
Michelle Pfeiffer Christopher produced Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Naomi Watts Produced Adoration (2013)
Bob Hoskins Christopher directed The Secret Agent (1996)
Glenn Close Christopher produced Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
John Malkovich Christopher produced Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
Anthony Minghella Produced The Quiet American (2002)
Rufus Sewell Christopher directed Carrington (1995)
Claire Bloom Christopher directed Imagining Argentina (2002)
Harriet Walter Also in The Good Father and Atonement
Robin Williams Christopher directed The Secret Agent (1996)
Keanu Reeves Christopher produced Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
Michael Caine Christopher wrote The Quiet American (2003)
Uma Thurman Christopher produced Dangerous Liaisons (1989)
Antonio Banderas Christopher directed Imagining Argentina (2002)
Gérard Depardieu Christopher directed The Secret Agent (1996)
Sydney Pollack Produced The Quiet American (2002)
David Cronenberg Directed A Dangerous Method (2011)
Anne Fontaine Directed Adoration (2013)
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
