Occupation Screenwriter Role Screenwriter | Name John Hodge Years active 1994-present Plays Collaborators | |
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Born 1964 (age 51–52) Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. Books Trainspotting ; & Shallow Grave, Shallow Grave Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Movies Trainspotting, Trance, Shallow Grave, The Program, The Beach Similar People Joe Ahearne, Andrew Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, Danny Boyle, Irvine Welsh | ||
Education University of Edinburgh | ||
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John Hodge (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and dramatist, most noted for his adaptation of 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).
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- Trainspotting screenwriter john hodge meets nat luurtsema guru encounters
- Sys podcast episode 119 screenwriter john hodge talks about his new film the program
- Life and career
- Filmography
- Awards
- References
Sys podcast episode 119 screenwriter john hodge talks about his new film the program
Life and career
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. 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.