Sir Christopher Hampton

Dangerous Liaisons: A conversation with Sir Christopher Hampton, award-winning playwright, screenwriter, translator, adaptor, director and lyricist.

Sir Christopher Hampton is a playwright, screenwriter, translator, adaptor, director and lyricist. He is an Oscar and Tony Award winner. His French teacher described him as “quite simply one of the most brilliant students I ever taught”.

Among many things, Sir Christopher talks about his formative years in Alexandria, making theatre history by being the youngest playwright to have a West End hit at the age of 20, writing “Dangerous Liaisons” and winning the Oscar, writing the screenplay of “Atonement”, translating and co-writing “The Father” and his acting role alongside a young Leonardo DiCaprio as the judge in “Total Eclipse”.

Related Links and reading

Dangerous Liaisons trailer
Atonement trailer
The Father trailer
Carrington trailer
Total Eclipse trailer
Read: White Chameleon by Christopher Hampton