- Hampton Fancher
Hampton Fancher (born
July 18 ,1938 ) is a former actor who became a producer and screenwriter in the late 1970s. Fancher was born to a Mexican mother and an American father in East Los Angeles,California , US. [ [http://www.gettingit.com/article/14 Gettingit.com: Life of a Hollywood Scribe ] ] At 15, he ran away to Spain to become aflamenco dancer and renamed himself Mario Montejo. He was married briefly toSue Lyon of "Lolita" fame.Fancher lives in
New York City .Career
He is best known for writing the first screenplay of the science fiction film "
Blade Runner ". After convincingPhilip K. Dick to option his novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ", Fancher wrote a screenplay and got the support of producerMichael Deeley . This made Fancher the executive producer which led to disagreements with the directorRidley Scott andDavid Peoples being brought in to continue reworking the script.Fancher wrote two films afterward, "
The Mighty Quinn " (1989) starringDenzel Washington and "The Minus Man " (1999), which he also directed, starringOwen Wilson .Fancher will appear in a cameo role in the upcoming independent film "
Tonight at Noon " byMichael Almereyda , which starsRutger Hauer . Fancher provided the voiceover narration for theDVD extras inThe Criterion Collection edition of famous film noir "The Killers", which included the 1946, 1956 and 1964 versions.Notes
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* [http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/10/02/fancher/index.html Salon.com] – The flamenco man: Hampton Fancher
*cite web|url=http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/spw/hfancher.cfm|title=Interview with Hampton Fancher
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