Hampton Fancher

Biography

Hampton Fancher was born on July 18, 1938, to a Mexican mother and an American father in East Los Angeles, California. At 15, he ran away to Spain to become a flamenco dancer, later adopting the stage name Mario Montejo. He co-wrote the sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel, as well as directed his own film, The Minus Man (1999), which won a special prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.