Hampton Fancher
Fancher in 2017
Born	Hampton Lansden Fancher (1938-07-18)July 18, 1938 (age 87) East Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Mario Montejo
Occupations	Screenwriter producer actor director
Known for	Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 The Minus Man
Spouses	Joann McNabb ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1963)​ Sue Lyon ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1965)​
Awards	Montreal Special Grand Prize of the Jury

Hampton Lansden Fancher (born July 18, 1938)^[1][2] is an Americanactor,screenwriter, andfilmmaker, who co-wrote the 1982neo-noirscience fiction filmBlade Runner and its 2017 sequelBlade Runner 2049, based on the novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? byPhilip K. Dick. His 1999 directorial debut,The Minus Man, won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at theMontreal World Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Fancher was born to a Mexican mother^[3] and an English-American father, a physician, inEast Los Angeles, California.^[4] At 15, he ran away to Spain to become aflamenco dancer and renamed himself "Mario Montejo".^[5] Following the breakup of his marriage to Joann McNabb, he was married toSue Lyon from 1963 to 1965.^[6]

In 1959, Fancher appeared in the episode "Misfits" of theABCWestern television seriesThe Rebel.^[7]

Fancher played Deputy Lon Gillis in seven episodes of the ABC WesternBlack Saddle withPeter Breck. He guest-starred on other Westerns:Have Gun, Will Travel,Tate,Stagecoach West,Outlaws,Maverick (in the fourth-season episode "Last Stop: Oblivion"),Lawman,Temple Houston,Cheyenne (1961 episode "Incident at Dawson Flats"), and alsoBonanza (1966 episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble"). In 1967, Fancher guest-starred onMannix in the episode “Turn Every Stone.”^[8]

Fancher appeared in twoTroy Donahue films, 1961'sParrish and 1962'sRome Adventure, and was cast as Larry Wilson in the 1963 episode "Little Richard" of theCBSanthology seriesGE True, hosted byJack Webb.^[9] In 1965, he played the role of Hamp Fisher in thePerry Mason episode "The Case of the Silent Six".

Fancher acted in more than 50 movies and television shows. During this time, he had relationships with several women, includingBarbara Hershey andTeri Garr.^{[citation needed]} Although he showed interest in screenwriting, it took until 1977 for Fancher to move fully into it. He continues to act occasionally.^[10]

After trying to optionPhilip K. Dick's 1968science fiction novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in 1975, and unable to secure the rights, Fancher sent his friendBrian Kelly, a prospective film producer, to negotiate with Dick.^[11] Dick agreed, and Fancher was brought on to write a screenplay before Kelly would later enlist the support of producerMichael Deeley.^[12] This made Fancher the executive producer, which led to disagreements with eventual directorRidley Scott, who then brought inDavid Peoples to continue reworking the script. Scott and Fancher had already clashed concerning the movie, as Scott felt the original script did not sufficiently explore the world of the movie, choosing instead to focus on the interior drama. Fancher's rewriting process was too slow for the production crew, which nicknamed him "Happen Faster".^[13] The movie was ultimately filmed and released asBlade Runner (1982).^[14]

Fancher wrote two films followingBlade Runner.The Mighty Quinn (1989) starredDenzel Washington andThe Minus Man (1999) starredOwen Wilson. Fancher also directed the latter.^[15] He wrote the story and co-wrote, withMichael Green, the screenplay forBlade Runner 2049 (2017), a sequel to the 1982 film.

In the early 1980s, Fancher lived outside of Los Angeles inTopanga Canyon.^{[citation needed]} Fancher appeared in a cameo role in the independent filmTonight at Noon (2009), directed byMichael Almereyda and starringRutger Hauer.

In 2019, Fancher publishedThe Wall Will Tell You, ascreenwriting manual which drew from his personal experiences.^[16]

Fancher provided voiceover commentary forThe Criterion Collection edition DVD extras of thefilm noir adaptations ofErnest Hemingway's short story "The Killers", which included the1946,1956 and1964 versions.

Fancher's life was the subject ofEscapes, a documentary directed byMichael Almereyda and executive-produced byWes Anderson.^[2]

• Hampton Fancher atIMDb
• "Interview with Hampton Fancher". Archived fromthe original on April 4, 2007. RetrievedAugust 22, 2006.
• "Hampton as guest star on Adam 12".

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