Christopher Hampton
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Christopher Hampton
Christopher James Hampton, CBE, FRSLis a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisonsand also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth26 January 1946
CityFaial Island, Portugal
nice thinking good-movie
Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.
couple reading thinking
Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.
faces violence dignity
It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.