Christopher Hawthorne

{{short description|American screenwriter and producer}} {{Distinguish|text=American journalist and television director Christopher Hawthorne (journalist)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox writer | name = Christopher Hawthorne | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | occupation = Screenwriter, producer | yearsactive = }} '''Christopher Hawthorne''' is an American screenwriter and producer.

Hawthorne is best known for writing the screenplay for director Bob Balaban's surrealist horror-comedy ''Parents'', starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Bryan Madorsky and Sandy Dennis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19890407/REVIEWS/904070304/1023|title=Parents | work=Chicago Sun-Times|author=Roger Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/parentsrhowe_a0b1e8.htm|title='Parents' (R)|author=Desson Howe | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=March 17, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/parentsrhinson_a0a8eb.htm|title='Parents' (R)|author=Hal Hinson | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=March 17, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/27/movies/review-film-dubious-housekeeping-in-balaban-s-parents.html|title=Review/Film; Dubious Housekeeping In Balaban's 'Parents'| work=The New York Times | first=Caryn|last=James|date=January 27, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NlZpWZn4JsC&q=christopher+hawthorne+parents&pg=PA566 | title=5001 Nights at the Movies| isbn=9780805013672| last1=Kael| first1=Pauline| date=May 15, 1991| publisher=Macmillan}}</ref>

Hawthorne is also known for writing the made for cable television films ''The Courtyard'', a thriller starring Andrew McCarthy, Mädchen Amick and Cheech Marin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvmovies24.com/programmes/the_courtyard_36167/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717115431/http://www.tvmovies24.com/programmes/the_courtyard_36167/ |archivedate=July 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/205774/The-Courtyard/overview|title=The Courtyard (1995)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704185502/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/205774/The-Courtyard/overview|archivedate=July 4, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the family film ''Whiskers'' with Michael Caloz<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/162676/Whiskers/overview |title=Whiskers - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com |accessdate=2017-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163120/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/162676/Whiskers/overview |archivedate=November 3, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the mermaid themed ''Sea People'' starring Shawn Roberts and Hume Cronyn,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/179943/Sea-People/overview |title=Sea-People - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com |accessdate=2017-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163134/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/179943/Sea-People/overview |archivedate=November 3, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Mark Deming |date=2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> which won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Children's Script.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-nominees-winners2.aspx |title=WGA.org |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203028/http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-nominees-winners2.aspx |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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