Christopher Hampton

Also known as Sir Christopher James Hampton

British playwright, screenwriter and translator (born 1946)

Person · Open Library

Works: 36

Top works

God of Carnage - Signature Acting Edition
What Remains
Visit from an Unknown Woman
God of Carnage
Tales from Hollywood

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Writing · Faial, Açores, Portugal

Sir Christopher James Hampton CBE FRSL 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

Known for

Joe Orton Laid Bare — Himself2017
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream — Self2017
100 Greatest Sexy Moments — Self2003
Total Eclipse — The Judge1995
The Oscars — Self1953

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Gender: Male

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With Agnieszka Holland with whom he made the film Total Eclipse (1995) - Warsaw, Poland, 29 March 2025 Sir Christopher James Hampton CBE FRSL (born 26 January 1946) 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. 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.

Hampton is also known for his work in the theatre including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Philanthropist. He also translated the plays The Seagull (2008), God of Carnage (2009), The Father (2016), and The Height of the Storm (2019). He also wrote, with Don Black, the book and lyrics for the musical Sunset Boulevard (1994), for which they received Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.