Christopher's plays, musicals and translations have won many awards including four Tonys and three Oliviers. Prizes for his screenplays include an Oscar, Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year and awards at the Cannes and Venice film festivals. Plays include Appomattox, The Talking Cure, Tales from Hollywood, The Philanthropist, Savages, Total Eclipse; adaptations from novels Youth Without God (Horvath), Embers (Marai), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Laclos); plus translations of plays by Chekhov, Ibsen, Moliere, Horvath, Yasmina Reza and Florian Zeller. Screenplays include Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, A Dangerous Method, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed.
Christopher Hampton, Sunset Boulevard
Christopher Hampton, Sunset Boulevard
Christopher HamptonWhite Chameleon
Christopher Hampton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher Hampton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher HamptonTales of Hollywood
Christopher HamptonTales From Hollywood
Christopher Hampton, The Philanthropist
Christopher HamptonThe Philanthropist
Christopher Hampton has written 12 shows including When Did You Last See My Mother? (Playwright), Hedda Gabler (Adaptation), The Philanthropist (Playwright), Total Eclipse (Playwright), Sunset Boulevard (Bookwriter), Dracula (Bookwriter), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Playwright), The Philanthropist (Playwright), Rebecca (Bookwriter), The Father (Translator), The Mentor (Translation), A German Life (Playwright).
Christopher Hampton has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout his career, including Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Sunset Boulevard," Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "Sunset Boulevard," BBC Award for the Play of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "White Chameleon," Best Foreign Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Best Play at the Tony Awards for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Best Comedy at the Evening Standard Awards for "Tales of Hollywood," Play of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Tales From Hollywood," Best Play at the Tony Awards for "The Philanthropist," and Best Comedy at the Evening Standard Awards for "The Philanthropist."
Christopher Hampton has won several awards, including Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Sunset Boulevard, Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for Sunset Boulevard, Best Foreign Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Best Comedy at the Evening Standard Awards for Tales of Hollywood, and Best Comedy at the Evening Standard Awards for The Philanthropist.
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