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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 1


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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.

Most Famous Work

Trainspotting
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8

Trainspotting

(1996) Screenplay
The Beach
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7

The Beach

(2000) Screenplay
T2 Trainspotting
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7

T2 Trainspotting

(2017) Screenplay
Antigang
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6

Antigang

(2015) Story
The Program
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6

The Program

(2015) Screenplay
Trance
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7

Trance

(2013) Writer
The Sweeney
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6

The Sweeney

(2012) Writer
The Ipcress File
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7

The Ipcress File

(2022) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1994 DC Mitchell
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Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Executive Producer
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Directing

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2011 Director
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