Christopher Hampton

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AKA: Chris Hampton, Christopher James Hampton
Nationality: British
Birthdate: 01/26/1946
Birthplace: Fayal, Azores

biography

Like his literary hero, the 19th Century French poet Arthur Rimbaud, writer Christopher Hampton found professional success at a young age. When his play “When Did You Last See My Mother” (1966) opened at the Royal Court Theater in London, Hampton was just 20 years old – the youngest playwright ever to have opened a play in the West End. But unlike Rimbaud, who gave up creative writing altogether before he reached 21, Hampton went on to a long and illustrious career as a playwright, screenwriter, film director and translator. Along the way, he picked up an Academy Award for his screenplay Continued

Credits

Screenplay
2007
Screenplay
2002
Screenplay
1996
Screenplay
1995
Director
1995
screenplay
1995
Play as Source Material
1995
Co-Producer
1988
Screenplay
1988
Play as Source Material
1988
Screenplay
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Director
screenplay
screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Lived in Aden and Egypt as a child
1956 
Forced to leave Alexandria, Egypt when the Suez Canal crisis occurred
 
Family moved to Hong Kong and Zanzibar
 
Sent to boarding school in England
1966 
First stage play produced, "When Did You Last See My Mother?" at Royal Court Theatre in London
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