Hampton Fancher

Screenwriter

Hampton Fancher was born in East Los Angeles, California, United States on July 18th, 1938 and is the Screenwriter. At the age of 85, Hampton Fancher biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Hampton Lansden Fancher, III, Mario Montejo
Date of Birth
July 18, 1938
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
East Los Angeles, California, United States
Age
85 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Television Actor
Hampton Fancher Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 85 years old, Hampton Fancher has this physical status:

Height
190cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Average
Measurements
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Hampton Fancher Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
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Hampton Fancher Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Joann McNabb (1957–1963; divorced), Sue Lyon (1963–1965; divorced)
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Parents
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Hampton Fancher Life

Hampton Lansden Fancher (born July 18, 1938) is an American actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker best known for co-writing Blade Runner and its 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049, based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Philip K. Dicken.

The Minus Man, his 1999 directorial debut, received the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the Montreal World Film Festival. He now resides in New York City's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood.

Early life

In East Los Angeles, California, Fancher was born to a Mexican-Danish mother and an English-American father, a surgeon. He took his first steps in Spain at the age of 15, and renamed himself "Mario Montejo" after being a flamenco dancer. He married Sue Lyon from 1963 to 1965, following the breakdown of his marriage to Joann McNabb.

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Hampton Fancher Career

Career

Fancher appeared in the ABC western television series The Rebel's episode "Misfits" in 1959.

In seven episodes of the ABC western Black Saddle with Peter Breck, Fancher played Deputy Lon Gillis. He appeared on other westerns: Have Gun, Will Travel, Tate, Outlaws, Maverick (in the fourth-season episode "Last Stop: Oblivion"), Lawman, Temple Houston, Cheyenne (1961 episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble," and also Bonanza (1966 episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble)).

In the 1963 episode "Little Richard" of the CBS anthology series GE True, hosted by Jack Webb, Fancher appeared in two Troy Donahue films, 1961's Parrish and 1962's Rome Adventure, and 1962's Rome Adventure. He appeared as Hamp Fisher in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Silent Six" in 1965. In more than 50 films and television series, Fancher appeared in more than 50 films and television shows. He had affairs with a variety of women at the time, including Barbara Hershey and Teri Garr. Though he expressed an interest in screenwriting, Fancher didn't fully enter it until 1977. He still appears on occasion.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick's 1968 science fiction book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In 1975, when the rights were not available, Fancher sent Brian Kelly, a potential film director, to negotiate with Dick. Dick agreed, and Fancher was hired to write a screenplay before Kelly would later enlist the help of producer Michael Deeley. This made Fancher the executive producer, which resulted in differences with eventual director Ridley Scott, who then ordered David Peoples to continue reworking the script. Scott and Fancher had already disagreed over the movie, as Scott felt that the original script did not sufficiently explore the film's world, opting instead to concentrate on the interior drama. The rewriting process was too slow for the production crew, who nicknamed him "Happen Faster." Blade Runner (1982) was ultimately shot and released as a film.

Following Blade Runner, Fancher wrote two films. Denzel Washington and The Minus Man (1989) starred Owen Wilson in the Mighty Quinn (1989). The latter was also supervised by Fancher. He wrote the story and co-wrote with Michael Green on Blade Runner 2049 (2017), a sequel to the 1982 film.

Fancher lived outside of Los Angeles' Topanga Canyon in the early 1980s. Fancher appeared in a cameo role in the independent film Tonight at Noon (2009), directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Rutger Hauer.

Fancher's The Wall Will Tell You, a screenwriting guide, was released in 2019. The book is based on his personal experiences.

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