John Hodge

John Hodge

  • Birthday: 1964-07-01
  • Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

John Hodge (born 1964) is a Scottish screenwriter and dramatist, who adapted Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002). Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Hodge comes from a family of doctors and carried on the tradition by studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the writer of the annual Medics' Musical in 1988. Hodge started writing screenplays after meeting producer Andrew Macdonald at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1991. He moved to London after writing Shallow Grave and gave up medicine to concentrate on writing. His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002). Most of his films are directed by Danny Boyle; Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, and A Life Less Ordinary all starred Ewan McGregor. He has three children named Dorothy, Isobell and Dillon. Source: Article "John Hodge (screenwriter)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Shallow Grave

1994

As DC Mitchell

Production

The Day It Happened

2002

As Producer

Trainspotting

1996

As Screenplay

The Beach

2000

As Screenplay

A Life Less Ordinary

1997

As Screenplay

Shallow Grave

1994

As Screenplay

Trance

2013

As Writer

The Sweeney

2012

As Writer

T2 Trainspotting

2017

As Adaptation

The Final Curtain

2002

As Writer

Antigang

2015

As Story

T2 Trainspotting

2017

As Screenplay

The Program

2015

As Screenplay

Alien Love Triangle

2008

As Writer

A Spy By Nature

0000

As Screenplay

The Day It Happened

2002

As Writer

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