John Hodge
John Hodge (born 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.
Known for
WritingBirthday
July 1, 1964Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
16Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/hmGIWunWP8pQFqukBt63cjm2udR.jpg)
Cast credits
Crew credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yKmmT0q35R4AfW9Rbq2IPVAPwk3.jpg)
Trainspotting
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/x3i5Oppjnd1rUbkkZGgQjbtyloH.jpg)
The Beach
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/e7xzSPn8pTJSobjxSSpIipArfcq.jpg)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tk7WNEwLZepFU2yPIIkRuQOO0Q9.jpg)
A Life Less Ordinary
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gqvSKLbfIg1mja1ulVkVcLhdwWF.jpg)
Shallow Grave
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3MVYuyVknNA9yC0Gy6z3zDAiWfX.jpg)
Trance
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nwGo7AoYXG4C03wbyfdeYvcVbnV.jpg)
The Sweeney
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xlbpCwa9OXXIiNgXcwuompHFIk9.jpg)
T2 Trainspotting
Adaptation, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2ZsLzmXWUGywdStusa04frqfoqJ.jpg)
The Final Curtain
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zDya9lk0CLNohepEbbhOt9xMaVE.jpg)
Antigang
Story![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7qb8L1SydRGGc3cuN0EUvOqLnCB.jpg)
The Program
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7bkTQNYheUIUt0lWqljGyFvtckp.jpg)
Alien Love Triangle
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/l2eVC27DRQkl3d1cgohGbs7rw4F.jpg)
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6nttVbjQX90x2PyjVRYHDdNrRPq.jpg)
The Day It Happened
Writer, Producer