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Sir Christopher James Hampton CBE FRSL (Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation.
Christopher Hampton is a British-born playwright and screenwriter who has won two Oscars and two Tony Awards. He is known for adapting novels such as The Quiet American, Atonement and The Father, and for writing plays such as Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Sunset Boulevard.
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Learn about the life and works of Christopher Hampton, a playwright, screenwriter, director and producer. Find out his biography, critical perspective, bibliography and awards.
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Christopher Hampton is a writer and producer of films and plays, such as The Father, Dangerous Liaisons and Atonement. He was born in Portugal, married to Laura de Holesch, and received the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in 2020.
- January 26, 1946
Apr 16, 2021 · Andrew Bloomenthal interviews Florian Zeller, writer/director of 'The Father' and co-writer Christopher Hampton, about adapting the award-winning play into a film that explores the nightmare of slipping into confusion.
Sep 13, 2020 · The cloudless sense of dominion in the face of an approaching typhoon was captured by the writer J G Farrell in his sublime 700-page novel The Singapore Grip, published just one year before his...
May 4, 2008 · Christopher Hampton, whose 1985 play, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” is being revived by the Roundabout Theater Company, is very much a man of the hour.
