Biography
Hampton Fancher is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. Born on 18 July 1938 in East Los Angeles, California, he began his career as an actor with guest roles in numerous television Westerns and anthology series in the 1950s and 1960s, including episodes of Bonanza, Perry Mason and Gunsmoke.
In the late 1970s Fancher moved into screenwriting. He co-wrote the screenplay for Blade Runner (1982) with David Webb Peoples, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, and later provided the story for its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017). He wrote the screenplay for The Mighty Quinn (1989) and both wrote and directed The Minus Man (1999), which won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the Montreal World Film Festival.
