- Known mostly for adapting Dangerous Liaisons for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Christopher Hampton has also directed and adapted three films to date including Carrington, based on Michael Holroyd’s book, for which Mr. Hampton was awarded Special Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes International Film Festival, The Secret Agent, based on the Joseph Conrad novel and more recently Imagining Argentina, based on Lawrence Thornton’s novel. I might with Hampton during media day for Atonement in Beverly Hills, CA. Christopher HamptonYama Rahimi: "Dangerous Liaisons" is one my favorite films of all time...Christopher Hampton: Good. Yr: Now you are back with another brilliant adaptation with "Atonement" but you have been directing as well. Since you are such a brilliant writer, what was the reason to direct? How's one medium different than the other? Ch: Well I started directing my first film "Carrington" because
- 12/13/2007
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