Biography
Christopher Gore was an American screenwriter, playwright and lyricist. He was born on 10 August 1944 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and died on 18 May 1988 in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1980 musical film Fame, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film also led to a television series that ran from 1982 to 1987, for which he served as creator and wrote episodes.
Gore graduated from Northwestern University and began his career writing plays and musicals. His early works include the 1967 musical Mary, produced in Fort Lauderdale, the 1972 Broadway rock musical Via Galactica (co-written with Judith Ross and Galt MacDermot), and the 1977 musical Nefertiti.
