About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1964-07-01
Place of birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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John Hodge

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1994 Shallow Grave Actor DC Mitchell 66
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Writing
2022 The Ipcress File Writing Screenplay 70
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2017 T2 Trainspotting Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
2017 T2 Trainspotting Writing Adaptation 67
Fair
2015 The Program Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
2015 Antigang Writing Story 58
Average
2013 Trance Writing Writer 64
Fair
2012 The Sweeney Writing Writer 58
Average
2011 National Theatre Live: Collaborators Writing Writer N/A
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2008 Alien Love Triangle Writing Writer 58
Average
2007 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising Writing Screenplay 56
Average
2002 The Final Curtain Writing Writer 58
Average
2000 The Beach Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1996 Trainspotting Writing Screenplay 78
Good
1994 Shallow Grave Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
A Spy by Nature Writing Screenplay N/A
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The Last Ten Minutes Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2022 The Ipcress File Production Executive Producer 70
Good