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John Hodge

Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn July 1, 1964 (61 years)
John Hodge (born 1 July 1964) is a Scottish screenwriter and dramatist, who adapted Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002).

Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Hodge comes from a family of doctors and carried on the tradition by studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the writer of the annual Medics' Musical in 1988. Hodge started writing screenplays after meeting producer Andrew Macdonald at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1991. He moved to London after writing Shallow Grave and gave up medicine to concentrate on writing.

His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002). Most of his films are directed by Danny Boyle; Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, and A Life Less Ordinary all starred Ewan McGregor. He has three children named Dorothy, Isobell and Dillon.

Source: Article "John Hodge (screenwriter)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Sweeney

Known For

  • Trainspotting
  • The Beach
  • Trance
  • Shallow Grave
  • T2 Trainspotting
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • The Sweeney
  • The Program
  • The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
  • The Ipcress File
  • The Squad
  • The Final Curtain
  • Alien Love Triangle
  • National Theatre Live: Collaborators

John Hodge Filmography

2022
The Ipcress File (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2017
T2 Trainspotting · as Screenplay
2015
The Program · as Screenplay
2013
2012
2011
2008
2007
2002
2000
The Beach · as Screenplay
1997
A Life Less Ordinary · as Screenplay
1996
Trainspotting · as Screenplay
1994
Shallow Grave · as Screenplay

1996
Trainspotting · as Store Security Officer (plain Clothes)
1994
Shallow Grave · as Dc Mitchell

2025
Goodbye June · as Executive Producer
2022
The Ipcress File (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2007
Movie Connections (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self

2015
The Squad · as Story

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