Main Dramatic Competition “Making Way” Jury

Christopher Hampton wrote his first play, WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MY MOTHER? at the age of eighteen; its production in London made him the youngest playwright on record to have a play in the West End.  Since then, his plays have included THE PHILANTHROPIST, SAVAGES, TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, WHITE CHAMELEON, THE TALKING CURE, APPOMATTOX, ALL ABOUT EVE, A GERMAN LIFE and VISIT FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN. He has written the libretti for three Philip Glass operas and co-written three musicals including SUNSET BOULEVARD. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, von Horváth, Chekhov, Yasmina Reza (including ART and GOD OF CARNAGE), Daniel Kehlmann (The MENTOR, CHRISTMAS EVE) and Florian Zeller (THE SON, THE FATHER, THE MOTHER, THE TRUTH, THE LIE, THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM and THE FOREST). His plays, musicals and translations have so far garnered four Tony Awards, three Olivier Awards, five Evening Standard Awards and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

Hampton’s many screenplays include DANGEROUS LIAISONS, TOTAL ECLIPSE, THE QUIET AMERICAN, ATONEMENT, CHÉRI, A DANGEROUS METHOD, THE FATHER and THE SON (the last two with Florian Zeller). He both wrote and directed CARRINGTON, THE SECRET AGENT and IMAGINING ARGENTINA. His television work includes adaptations of THE HISTORY MAN, HÔTEL DU LAC, THE THIRTEENTH TALE and THE SINGAPORE GRIP. Prizes for his film and television work include two Oscars, three BAFTAs,  a European Film Award, a Writers’ Guild of America Award, the Prix Italia, a Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year, and The Collateral Award at the Venice Film Festival for Best Literary Adaptation.