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Curtis Hanson (1945)
Curtis Lee Hanson
Summary
Curtis Lee Hanson is an American film director, film producer and screenwriter. His directing work includes The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , L.A. Confidential , Wonder Boys , 8 Mile , and In Her Shoes .
Biography
early life
Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada and grew up in Los Angeles, the son of Beverly June, a real estate agent, and Wilbur Hale "Bill" Hanson, a teacher. Hanson dropped out of high school, finding work as a freelance photographer and editor for Cinema magazine.film career
In 1970, Hanson co-wrote The Dunwich Horror , an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story. Hanson wrote and directed his next feature Sweet Kill in 1973, then in 1978 wrote and produced The Silent Partner, starring Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer. As the 1980s and 1990s began, he directed a string of comedies and dramas. He did thrillers, too: many of them would deal with people who would lose a sense of control or security when facing danger and the threat of death. Some, like the attorney in Bad Influence and the police officers in L.A. Confidential unexpectedly walk into violence and disaster.In the 1990s Hanson found box-office success with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild, and significant critical acclaim with L.A. Confidential, an adaptation of the James Ellroy novel. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and won 2, for Best Adapted Screenplay, a credit Hanson shared with Brian Helgeland, and Best Supporting Actress . Hanson's later works include In Her Shoes, Wonder Boys, 8 Mile, and Lucky You.
Hanson claims to be heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Nicholas Ray. He previously stated that Ray's film In a Lonely Place was among many that he watched in preparation for the filming of L.A. Confidential. In 8 Mile, Kim Basinger's character is watching Elia Kazan's Pinky on television, a film about a mixed race girl passing as white - an homage to the themes of racial mixing and boundary crossing that are features of most of Hanson's work.
Hanson's 2011 film was Too Big to Fail, based on the 2009 Andrew Ross Sorkin book of the same name about the early rounds of the financial crisis of 2007–2010. The HBO film featured an all-star cast, including William Hurt as Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson and Cynthia Nixon as his liaison to the press; James Woods as Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers; and Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke.
Hanson resides in Southern California.
- 2002
- 1985
Movie
- Directing
Of Men and Mavericks
Director
2012Too Big to Fail
Director
2011Lucky You
Director
2007In Her Shoes
Director
20058 Mile
Director
2002Wonder Boys
Director
2000L.A. Confidential
Director
1997The River Wild
Director
1994The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Director
1992Bad Influence
Director
1990The Bedroom Window
Director
1987Losin' It
Director
1983The Little Dragons
Director
1980Sweet Kill
Director
1973- Writing
Couples Retreat
Writer
2009Lucky You
Writer
2007The Bedroom Window
Writer
1987Never Cry Wolf
Writer
1983The Silent Partner
Writer
1979The Dunwich Horror
Writer
1970L.A. Confidential
Screenplay
1997White Dog
Screenplay
1982- Production
The Big Year
Producer
2011Lucky You
Producer
2007In Her Shoes
Producer
20058 Mile
Producer
2002Wonder Boys
Producer
2000L.A. Confidential
Producer
1997The Little Dragons
Producer
1980
TV show
- Directing
Too Big to Fail
Director
2011- Pre-production
Too Big to Fail
Executive producer
2011Three Rivers
Executive producer
2009
TV show season
Three Rivers (season 1)
Executive producer
2009
Album
- Production
Things Have Changed
Record producer
2000
Music track
Things Have Changed
Record producer
2000
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Sources
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