---
name: "Christopher De Vore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-de-vore"
fi1m_id: "christopher-de-vore"
imdb_id: "nm0212246"
tmdb_id: 32478
wikidata_id: "Q22102109"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:26:59.593186+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher De Vore

## Identity

Christopher De Vore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-de-vore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-de-vore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212246
- **TMDB ID:** 32478
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22102109
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102109, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32478

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Aptos, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Aptos, California
- **Active:** 1980–1990
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102109, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32478

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hamlet*](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Christopher De Vore is a screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for *The Elephant Man* (1980) with Eric Bergren and David Lynch, adapted from the memoirs of Frederick Treves and a book by Ashley Montagu.

De Vore also received writing credits on *Frances* (1982) and *Hamlet* (1990). He was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on *The Elephant Man*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hamlet* (1990), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hamlet* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *Frances* (1982), Writer
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), as Lyra Box Player #2 (uncredited) · Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1981: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Elephant Man*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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