Christopher Hawthorne

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Christopher Hawthorne
BornUnited States
OccupationScreenwriter, producer

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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Hawthorne is also known for writing the made for cable television films The Courtyard , a thriller starring Andrew McCarthy, Mädchen Amick and Cheech Marin, [6] [7] the family film Whiskers with Michael Caloz [8] and the mermaid themed Sea People starring Shawn Roberts and Hume Cronyn, [9] which won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Children's Script. [10]

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