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{{Short description|British playwright, screenwriter and translator (born 1946)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSL}}
| image              = 2025.03.29. Christopher Hampton Photo Mariusz Kubik 03.JPG
| caption            = Hampton in 2025
| name               = Christopher Hampton
| birth_name         = Christopher James Hampton
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1946|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Horta, Azores|Horta]], [[Faial da Terra|Faial]], [[Azores]], [[Portugal]]
| death_date         = 
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| spouse             = {{marriage|Laura de Holesch|1971}}
| children           = 2
| awards             = [[Christopher Hampton#Awards and nominations|Full list]]
| occupation         = Playwright, screenwriter, translator
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[[File:2025.03.29. Christopher Hampton and Agnieszka Holland Photo Mariusz Kubik 1.JPG|thumb|With [[Agnieszka Holland]] with whom he made the film ''Total Eclipse'' (1995) - Warsaw, Poland, 29 March 2025]]
'''Sir Christopher James Hampton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSL}} (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator. He is best known for his play [[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'']] based on the [[Les Liaisons dangereuses|novel of the same name]] and the [[Dangerous Liaisons|film adaptation]]. He has thrice received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]: for ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' (1988), ''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]'' (2020); winning for the former and latter.<ref name="Moreton">{{cite news|last=Moreton|first=Cole|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/christopher-hampton-the-award-for-least-prepared-speech-goes-to-786428.html|title=Christopher Hampton: The award for least prepared speech goes to...|work=The Independent on Sunday|date=24 February 2008|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Oscar2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=film&film=Atonement%20Film |work=Oscar.com |date=23 January 2008 |title=Academy Award nominations for 'Atonement' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129085058/http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=film&film=Atonement+Film |archive-date=29 January 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Oscar2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15/entertainment/oscar-nominations-2021/index.html|title= Oscar nominations 2021: See the full list of nominees|website= CNN|date= 15 March 2021|accessdate= March 15, 2021}}</ref>

Hampton is also known for his work in the theatre including ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', and ''[[The Philanthropist (play)|The Philanthropist]]''. He also translated the plays ''[[The Seagull]]'' (2008), ''[[God of Carnage]]'' (2009), ''[[The Father (Zeller play)|The Father]]'' (2016), and ''[[The Height of the Storm]]'' (2019). He also wrote, with [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]], the book and lyrics for the musical ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1994), for which they received [[Tony Awards]] for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]] and [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/christopher-hampton-vault-0000005880|title= Christopher Hampton|website= Playbill|accessdate= March 15, 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and theatrical debut==
Hampton was born in [[Faial Island|Faial]], [[Azores]], to British parents Dorothy Patience (née Herrington) and Bernard Patrick Hampton, a marine telecommunications engineer for [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]].<ref name="O'Mahony">John O'Mahony [https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4173071,00.html "Worlds of his own"], ''The Guardian'', 21 April 2001. Retrieved on 9 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Christopher-Hampton.html Christopher Hampton Biography (1946–)]</ref> His father's job led the family to settle in [[Aden]], Yemen, and Cairo and [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]], and later in [[Hong Kong]] and [[Zanzibar]]. During the [[Suez Crisis]] in 1956, the family had to flee Egypt under cover of darkness, leaving their possessions behind.

After a prep school at [[Reigate]] in [[Surrey]], Hampton attended the independent boarding school [[Lancing College]] near the village of [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]] in [[West Sussex]] at the age of 13. There he won house colours for boxing and distinguished himself as a sergeant in the [[Combined Cadet Force]] (CCF). Among his contemporaries at Lancing was [[David Hare (dramatist)|David Hare]], later also a dramatist; poet [[Harry Guest]] was a teacher.

From 1964,<!-- John O'Mahony (''Guardian'') in 2001 says 1965. --> Hampton read German and French at [[New College, Oxford]], as a Sacher Scholar. He graduated with a starred First Class Degree in 1968.<ref name="Coveney">{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/mar/04/theatre.film |title=A talent to adapt|work=The Guardian|date=4 March 2006|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Healy|first=Patrick|title='Rebecca' producer hoper for Broadway run in 2013|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/rebecca-producer-hopes-for-broadway-run-in-2013/|work=The New York Times|access-date=26 January 2013|date=2 January 2013}}</ref>

Hampton became involved in the theatre while at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. The [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]] (OUDS) performed his original play ''When Did You Last See My Mother?'', about adolescent homosexuality. He drew from his own experiences at Lancing.<ref name="O'Mahony"/> Hampton sent the work to the play agent [[Peggy Ramsay]], who interested [[William Gaskill]] in it.<ref name="O'Mahony"/> The play was performed at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London, and soon transferred to the [[Comedy Theatre]]; in 1966, Hampton was the youngest writer in the modern era to have a play performed in the [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref name="O'Mahony"/> Hampton's work on screenplays for the cinema also began around this time. He adapted this play for [[Richard Attenborough]] and [[Bryan Forbes]], but a film version was never made.<ref name="Smurthwaite"/>

==Stage plays and other works==
From 1968 to 1970, Hampton worked as the Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre, and also as the company's literary manager.<ref name="O'Mahony"/> He continued to write plays: ''Total Eclipse'', about the French poets and lovers [[Arthur Rimbaud]] and [[Paul Verlaine]], was first performed in 1967 and at the Royal Court in 1968, but it was not well received at the time.<ref name="Billington2007">{{cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/mar/26/michaelbillington.features11|title=Free radical|work=The Guardian|date=26 March 2007|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Philanthropist (play)|The Philanthropist]]'' (1970) is set in an English university town and was influenced by [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Misanthrope]]''. The Royal Court delayed a staging for two years because of an uncertainty over its prospects, but their production was one of the Royal Court's more successful works up to that point.<!-- ESC? --><ref name="O'Mahony"/> The production transferred to the Mayfair Theatre in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] and ran for nearly four years, winning the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award]] for Best Comedy. It reached [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in New York City in 1971.<ref name="O'Mahony"/><ref name="Smurthwaite">{{cite news|last=Smurthwaite|first=Nick|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/christopher-hampton-for-as-long-as-i-can-remember-all-i-wanted-was-to-be-a-writer/|title=Christopher Hampton: 'For as long as I can remember, all I wanted was to be a writer'|work=The Stage|date=8 July 2016|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>

His <!-- Peggy Ramsay is unnamed in the source. -->agent told him after this success: "You've got a choice: you can write the same play over and over for the next 30 years" or, alternatively, "you can decide to do something completely different every time".<ref name="Caplan">{{cite news |last=Caplan |first=Nina |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/christopher-hampton-interview-1 |title=Christopher Hampton interview |work=Time Out |location=London |date=2009 |access-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723152352/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/christopher-hampton-interview-1 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He told her that he was writing a play about the "extermination of the Brazilian Indians in the 1960s".<ref name="Caplan"/> ''[[Savages (play)|Savages]]'', set during the period of the [[Brazilian military government|military government]] and derived from an article "Genocide in Brazil" by [[Norman Lewis (author)|Norman Lewis]], was first performed in 1973.<ref name="O'Mahony"/> His first produced film adaptation, of [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]'' (1973), was directed by [[Patrick Garland]], and stars [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Claire Bloom]].<ref name="Smurthwaite" />

He was elected a [[Royal Society of Literature|Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Hampton, Christopher |url=https://rsliterature.org/fellows/christopher-hampton/,%20https://rsliterature.org/fellows/christopher-hampton/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Royal Society of Literature |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A sojourn in Hollywood led to an unproduced film adaptation of [[Christopher Marlowe|Marlowe]]'s play ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'' and the original script for ''Carrington''. This period also inspired his play ''[[Tales from Hollywood (play)|Tales from Hollywood]]'' (1982). This is a somewhat fictionalised account of exiled European writers living in the United States during the Second World War. (The lead character is based on [[Ödön von Horváth]], who died in Paris in 1938).<ref>{{cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/may/03/theatre.artsfeatures2|title=Christopher Hampton's Hollywood horrors|date=3 May 2001|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> The play also explores the different philosophies of Horwath and the German playwright [[Bertolt Brecht]] (who lived in the United States in the 1940s). Hampton told ''[[The Guardian]]'' critic [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] in 2007: "I lean towards the liberal writer, Horvath, rather than the revolutionary Brecht. I suppose I'm working out some internal conflict".<ref name="Billington2007"/> The play was commissioned by the [[Center Theatre Group]] in Los Angeles; the Group first <!-- Not the world premiere as stated in the source. -->performed it in 1982.<ref name="LATimes2010">{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=David|last2=Hampton|first2=Christopher|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/10/christopher-hampton-revisits-tales-from-hollywood.html|title=A conversation: Christopher Hampton revisits ''Tales from Hollywood''|work=Los Angeles Times|date=13 October 2010|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> The play has been adapted in different versions for British and Polish television.<ref name="LATimes2010"/>
[[File:2025.03.29. Christopher Hampton Photo Mariusz Kubik 11.JPG|thumb|Hampton signs his screenplay for ''Carrington'' (1995); Warsaw, Poland, 29 March 2025]]
==Later works==
Hampton won the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for his screen adaptation of his play ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' (1988), directed by [[Stephen Frears]] and starring [[Glenn Close]], [[John Malkovich]], and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]].<ref name="Moreton" /> He worked on ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' (1995) for 18 years, writing multiple drafts. The play explores the relationship between painter [[Dora Carrington]] and author [[Lytton Strachey]].<ref name="Smurthwaite" /> Hampton went on to direct the feature film ''Carrington'', starring [[Emma Thompson]] and [[Jonathan Pryce]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/|title = Carrington|website = [[IMDb]]|date = 10 November 1995}}</ref>

He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1999 Birthday Honours]] for services to literature.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55513 |date=12 June 1999 |pages=8  |supp=y }}</ref>

Hampton both wrote and directed ''[[Imagining Argentina (film)|Imagining Argentina]]'' (2003), his adaptation of [[Imagining Argentina|the 1987 novel]] by [[Lawrence Thornton]]. It explores society during the military dictatorship of [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], when the government conducted a [[Dirty War]] against opponents, killing many in "[[forced disappearance]]s". It starred [[Antonio Banderas]] and Emma Thompson. According to Hampton, this period of Argentinian history had not inspired a dramatic work before. "I decided to do something which it would be difficult to finance at a time when, for once, I was bombarded with offers.<ref name="Coveney" /> In 2007, Hampton was nominated for a second Academy Award for his screenplay and [[Atonement (2007 film)|adaptation]] of [[Ian McEwan]]'s novel ''[[Atonement (novel)|Atonement]]'', directed by [[Joe Wright]] and starring [[James McAvoy]], [[Keira Knightley]], and [[Saoirse Ronan]].<ref name="Oscar2008" />

Since the 1990s, Hampton has created the English translations of the works of French dramatists [[Yasmina Reza]] and [[Florian Zeller]]. Reza's ''[[Art (play)|Art]]'' ran for eight years in the West End, and was also produced in the United States.<ref name="Smurthwaite" /> Hampton translated Reza's ''[[God of Carnage]]'', which was the third-longest running Broadway play in the 2000s, playing 24 premieres and 452 regular performances. ''[[God of Carnage]]'' garnered six Tony nominations and three wins in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/just-the-list-winners-and-nominees-of-the-2009-tony-awards-com-161645|title=JUST THE LIST: Winners and Nominees of the 2009 Tony Awards|date=8 June 2009}}</ref> ''God of Carnage'' actors [[James Gandolfini]] and [[Marcia Gay Harden]], joined [[Philip Glass]], [[Phillip Noyce]] and a host of other artists in a short documentary celebrating their Tony Award success and Mr. Hampton's 50 published plays and screenplays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/69037771|title = Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton & James Gandolfini Celebrate in NYC|date = 24 June 2013}}</ref>

Hampton's translation into English of [[Michael Kunze]] and [[Sylvester Levay]]'s Austrian musical ''[[Rebecca (musical)|Rebecca]]'', based on [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s [[Rebecca (novel)|novel of the same name]], was supposed to premiere on Broadway in 2012, directed by [[Francesca Zambello]] and [[Michael Blakemore]]. The production did not open, with the producers, [[Ben Sprecher]] and Louise Forlenza, relinquishing the rights.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McPhee |first1=Ryan |title=Verdict Reached in Case Between Rebecca Producers and Press Agent Marc Thibodeau |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/verdict-reached-in-case-between-rebecca-producers-and-press-agent-marc-thibodeau |work=[[Playbill]] |date=10 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamp |first1=David |title=Betrayal, Cons, and a Faked Death: Investigating How Rebecca the Musical Fell Apart |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/rebecca-musical-betrayal-fake-death |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=16 May 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, Hampton joined forces with [[Tiana Alexandra|Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant]] to form Hampton Silliphant Management & Productions, which presented the play ''[[Appomattox (opera)|Appomattox]]'' at the [[Guthrie Theater]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/oct/22/christopher-hampton-america-play-appomattox|title = Christopher Hampton takes on America|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 22 October 2012}}</ref> The play concerns itself with historic events in the United States, 100 years apart in time: the historic meetings between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, as well as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass in 1865, and the later machinations of Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King – which ultimately led to the passing of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]. ''Appomattox'' was also performed as an opera with [[Philip Glass]] at [[The Kennedy Center]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/appomattox-a-superb-night-at-the-opera/2015/11/15/29e46610-8b63-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html| title = 'Appomattox': A superb night at the opera|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

In 2020, Hampton served as screenwriter and executive producer for ''[[The Singapore Grip]]'', an international TV mini-series exploring the Japanese invasion of Singapore during WWII.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/371053250|title="The Singapore Grip" 17mns Love to Cast & Crew!|date=4 November 2019}}</ref> Adapted from the novel by J.G. Ferrell, the story portrays the intrigues and ultimate upheaval of British colonialism at the time of the Fall of Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thesingaporegrip.com/ |title=HOME &#124; thesingaporegrip.com |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512152858/https://thesingaporegrip.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

The same year, Hampton co-wrote ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]'', starring Anthony Hopkins and [[Olivia Colman]], with Florian Zeller (based on Zeller's 2012 play ''[[Le Père]]''), who directed the film in his feature directorial debut. The film received critical acclaim, and both Hampton and Zeller won a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] and an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] and received a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] nomination, while the film was nominated in the Best Picture categories.<ref name="Oscar2021"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/2021-nominations-78th-golden-globe-awards-have-been-announced|title=Nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) Announced|date=3 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>"Zooming In on an Oscar Win with Christopher Hampton" https://vimeo.com/916122946</ref>

Hampton was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2020 New Year Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N2|date=28 December 2019}}</ref>

In March and April 2021, it was announced that Hampton and Zeller will co-write the adaptation of ''[[The Son (2022 film)|The Son]]'' (which serves as Zeller's and Hampton's follow-up to ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]'') with Zeller directing, and [[Hugh Jackman]] and [[Laura Dern]] attached to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/oscar-nominations-the-father-florian-zeller-interview-the-son-1234714776/|title=Oscar-Nominated 'The Father' Director Florian Zeller Has Next Adaptation 'The Son' In The Works|first=Antonia|last=Blyth|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=15 March 2021|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="VarietyZellerJackmanDern">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/hugh-jackman-laura-dern-the-son-florian-zeller-1234951082/|title=Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to Star in 'The Son,' From 'The Father' Director Florian Zeller and Co-Writer Christopher Hampton|author=Leo Barraclough|work=Variety|date=14 April 2021|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/hugh-jackman-laura-dern-the-son-father-florian-zeller-follow-up-1234734035/|title=Hugh Jackman & Laura Dern To Star In Florian Zeller's 'The Son', See-Saw To Produce Follow-Up To Oscar-Nominee 'The Father'|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=14 April 2021|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> ''The Son'' had its world premiere at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2022, and was released in the United States on 11 November 2022, by [[Sony Pictures Classics]].

==Credits==
===Plays===
* 1964 – ''When Did You Last See My Mother?''
* 1967 – ''[[Total Eclipse (film)|Total Eclipse]]''
* 1969 – ''[[The Philanthropist (play)|The Philanthropist]]''
* 1973 – ''[[Savages (play)|Savages]]''
* 1975 – ''[[Treats (play)|Treats]]''
* 1982 – ''[[Tales from Hollywood (play)|Tales From Hollywood]]''
* 1991 – ''White Chameleon''
* 1994 – ''Alice's Adventures Under Ground''
* 2002 – ''The Talking Cure''
* 2012 – ''Appomattox''<ref name=PlayBill>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=American Premiere of Embers Will Be Part of Guthrie's Christopher Hampton Celebration|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/167684-American-Premiere-of-Embers-Will-Be-Part-of-Guthries-Christopher-Hampton-Celebration|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131101204/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/167684-American-Premiere-of-Embers-Will-Be-Part-of-Guthries-Christopher-Hampton-Celebration|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|access-date=16 August 2012}}</ref>
* 2019 – ''[[A German Life]]''

===Musicals (book and lyrics)===
* 1993 – ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' with Don Black (music by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]])
* 2001 – ''[[Dracula, the Musical]]'' with Don Black (music by [[Frank Wildhorn]])
* 2012 – ''[[Rebecca (musical)|Rebecca]]'' (translated from German) (music by [[Sylvester Levay]], original lyrics by [[Michael Kunze]])
* 2013 – ''[[Stephen Ward (musical)|Stephen Ward the Musical]]'' with Don Black (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber)<ref name="whats">{{cite web | url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/06-2013/andrew-lloyd-webber-and-don-blacks-stephen-ward-pr_31154.html | title=Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's Stephen Ward premieres at Aldwych in December | publisher=Whats on Stage | work=whatsonstage.com | date=28 June 2013 | access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

===Adaptations===
* 1982 – ''[[The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.]]'' from the novella by [[George Steiner]]
* 1983 – ''[[Tartuffe]]'' by [[Molière]]
* 1985 – ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'' from the novel by [[Choderlos de Laclos]] for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
* 1993 – ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] (book for the musical, based on the [[Billy Wilder]] film)
* 2001 – ''[[Dracula, the Musical]]'' for [[Frank Wildhorn]]
* 2006 – ''[[Embers (novel)|Embers]]''<ref name="Coveney"/> from the novel by [[Sándor Márai]]
* 2009 – ''[[Ödön von Horváth|The Age of the Fish]]'' (in German ''Jugend ohne Gott'') from the novel by Ödön von Horváth 
* 2024 - ''[[Visit from an Unknown Woman]]''

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!English title
!Writer
!Director
!Producer
!Notes
|-
| 1973 
| ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adaptation of the [[Henrik Ibsen]] play
|-
| 1977
| ''Able's Will'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Directed by [[Stephen Frears]] for the [[BBC]]
|-
| 1979 
| ''[[Tales from the Vienna Woods]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Directed by [[Maximilian Schell]] 
|-
| 1981 
| ''[[The History Man (TV series)|The History Man]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adaptation of the [[Malcolm Bradbury]] novel for the [[BBC]]
|-
| 1983 
| ''[[The Honorary Consul (film)|The Honorary Consul]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adaptation of the [[Graham Greene]] novel
|-
| 1986 
| ''[[The Wolf at the Door]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1986 
| ''[[Hotel du Lac]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adaptation of the novel by [[Anita Brookner]]
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Good Father]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adaptation of the novel by [[Peter Prince]]
|-
| 1986 
| ''[[Arriving Tuesday]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 1988 
| ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Adapted from his own play of the same name; directed by [[Stephen Frears]]
|-
| 1989 
| ''[[The Ginger Tree (TV series)|The Ginger Tree]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adaptation of the [[Oswald Wynd]] novel for the [[BBC]]
|-
| 1992 
| ''[[Tales from Hollywood (play)|Tales from Hollywood]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adaptation of his play for the [[BBC]]
|-
| 1995 
| ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Directorial debut 
|-
| 1995 
| ''[[Total Eclipse (film)|Total Eclipse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Directed by [[Agnieszka Holland]])
|-
| 1996 
| ''[[Mary Reilly (film)|Mary Reilly]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the [[Valerie Martin]] novel about [[Dr. Jekyll]]'s housemaid
|-
| 1996 
| ''[[The Secret Agent (1996 film)|The Secret Agent]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the [[Joseph Conrad]] novel 
|-
| 2002 
| ''[[The Quiet American (2002 film)|The Quiet American]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adaptation of the [[Graham Greene]] novel
|-
| 2003 
| ''[[Imagining Argentina (film)|Imagining Argentina]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2007 
| ''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adaptation of the [[Ian McEwan]] novel 
|-
| 2009 
| ''[[Chéri (2009 film)|Chéri]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2011 
| ''[[A Dangerous Method]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adapted from the [[John Kerr (author)|John Kerr]] novel; Directed by [[David Cronenberg]].
|-
| 2013 
| ''[[The Thirteenth Tale (film)|The Thirteenth Tale]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the [[Diane Setterfield]]'s novel 
|-
| 2013 
| ''[[Adoration (2013 film)|Adoration]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from [[Doris Lessing]]'s [[The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels|novella]]
|-
| 2016 
| ''[[Ali and Nino (film)|Ali and Nino]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| Adapted from [[Kurban Said]]'s novel ''[[Ali and Nino: A Love Story|Ali and Nino]]''
|-
| 2020 
| ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the Florian Zeller play
|-
| 2020 
| ''[[The Singapore Grip (TV series)|The Singapore Grip]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the J.G. Farrell's 1978 novel 
|-
| 2022 
| ''[[The Son (2022 film)|The Son]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Adapted from the Florian Zeller play 
|-
|}

===Translations===
*''[[The Seagull]]''
*''[[Uncle Vanya]]''
*''[[Hedda Gabler]]''
*''[[Don Juan]]'' by [[Molière]]
* 1973 – ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]''
* 1977 – ''[[Tales from the Vienna Woods (play)|Tales from the Vienna Woods]]'', by [[Ödön von Horváth]]
* 1978 – ''[[Don Juan Comes Back from the War]]'', by [[Ödön von Horváth]]
* 1989 – ''Faith, Hope and Charity'', by [[Ödön von Horváth]]
* 1996 – ''[[Art (play)|'Art']]'' by [[Yasmina Reza]]
* 1998 – ''[[An Enemy of the People]]''
* 2000 – ''Conversations After a Burial'' by Yasmina Reza
* 2001 – ''[[Life x 3]]'' by Yasmina Reza
* 2008 – ''[[God of Carnage]]'' by Yasmina Reza
* 2009 – ''Judgement Day'', by [[Ödön von Horváth]]
* 2010 – ''[[Rebecca (musical)|Rebecca]]'' (musical) by [[Michael Kunze]]
* 2014 – ''[[Le Père|The Father]]'' by [[Florian Zeller]]
* 2015 – ''The Mother'' by Florian Zeller
* 2016 – ''{{ill|La Vérité (play)|lt=The Truth|fr|La Vérité (pièce de théâtre)}}'' by Florian Zeller
* 2017 – ''The Lie'' by Florian Zeller 
* 2017 – ''Christmas Eve'' by [[Daniel Kehlmann]]
* 2018 – ''[[The Height of the Storm]]'' by Florian Zeller
* 2019 – ''[[The Son (Zeller play)|The Son]]'' by Florian Zeller

===Librettos===
* 2005 – ''[[Waiting for the Barbarians (opera)|Waiting for the Barbarians]]'', music by [[Philip Glass]]
* 2007 – ''[[Appomattox (opera)|Appomattox]]'', music by Philip Glass
* 2014 – ''[[The Trial (2014 opera)|The Trial]]'', music by Philip Glass

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
|-
! Organizations 
! Year
! Category
! Work
! Result
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | [[Academy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=1| [[61st Academy Awards|1988]]
| rowspan=3|[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]''
| {{won}}
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989|title= 61st Academy Awards|website= [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center| [[80th Academy Awards|2007]]
| ''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008|title= 80th Academy Awards|website= [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center| [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]]
| ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]''
| {{won}}
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|title= 93rd Academy Awards|website= [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="6" scope="row" | [[BAFTA Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=1| [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|1989]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' 
| {{won}}
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-19-ca-631-story.html|title= ‘Dead Poets’ Is One of 5 Oscar Nominees to Win British Award|website= [[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center| [[49th British Academy Film Awards|1995]] 
| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]]
| ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' 
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="baftas">{{cite web |title= Christopher Hampton - BAFTAs|url= https://www.bafta.org/awards/search/?search=christopher+hampton&type=|access-date= July 3, 2025|publisher= [[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan=2, align=center| [[61st British Academy Film Awards|2007]]
| Best British Film
| rowspan=2|''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="baftas" />
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="baftas" />
|-
| rowspan=2, align=center| [[74th British Academy Film Awards|2020]]  
| Best British Film
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="baftas" />
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{won}}
| align=center| <ref name="baftas" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=2| [[1995 Cannes Film Festival|1995]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2, align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/27/arts/cannes-festival-announces-nominees.html|title= Cannes Festival Announces Nominees|website= [[The New York Times]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Jury Special Prize
| {{won}} 
|-
! rowspan="1" scope="row" | [[Critics' Choice Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=1| [[26th Critics' Choice Awards|2020]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''The Father''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://ew.com/awards/critics-choice-awards-2021-winners-list/|title= Critics Choice Awards 2021: See the full winners list (complete)|website= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[65th Golden Globe Awards|2007]] 
| rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| ''Atonement''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="globes">{{cite web |title= Christopher Hampton - Golden Globes|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/christopher-hampton/|access-date= July 3, 2025|publisher= [[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1, align=center| [[78th Golden Globe Awards|2020]]
| ''The Father''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| <ref name="globes" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Tony Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=2| [[49th Tony Awards|1995]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Blvd.]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2, align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/person/christopher-hampton-vault-0000005880|title= Christopher Hampton (Translator)|website= Playbill|accessdate= July 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| {{won}} 
|-
! rowspan="1" scope="row" | [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=1| [[41st Writers Guild of America Awards|1988]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''Dangerous Liaisons''
| {{won}}
| align=center|
|-
! rowspan="1" scope="row" | [[Venice International Film Festival]]
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=1| 2003
| [[Golden Lion]]
| ''[[Imagining Argentina (film)|Imagining Argentina]]''
| {{nom}}
| align=center| 
|} 

==See also==
* [[List of British playwrights since 1950]]
* [[List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Massimo Verzella, "Embers di Christopher Hampton e la traduzione della malinconia", Paragrafo, II (2006), pp.&nbsp;69–82

==External links==
{{Commons category|Christopher Hampton}}
{{wikiquote}}
*{{IBDB name|4835}}
* {{IMDb name|358960|Christopher Hampton}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=510453|name=Christopher Hampton}}
* [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078863 Finding aid to Christopher Hampton papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.]

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