Christopher Hampton is a filmmaker and an Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Dangerous Liaisons. He was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film Atonement, but lost to The Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men.

1. Born in: Faial, Açores, Portugal
2. Lived in Aden, Egypt and Zanzibar as a child
3. Married to: Laura d Holesch
4. 2 children
5. Awarded the C.B.E in 1999
6. Youngest writer to have a play performed in the West End
7. Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Screenplay for the film Atonement

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• January 26, 1946: Born

• 1973 A Doll's House: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1988 Dangerous Liaisons: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1995 Total Eclipse: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2002 The Quiet American: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2007 Atonement: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo