John Lee Hancock - Overview

Date of Birth: N/A

Place of Birth: Longview, Texas, USA

Nationality: United States

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Texas native John Lee Hancock left the practice of law after four years to pursue a different career path, his work in film evolving from his participation in theater. A former member of the Fountainhead Theater Company in Los Angeles, he founded, along with Brandon Lee, Bill Allen and George Davis, the Legal Aliens Theater (also in L.A.), and wrote and directed the plays "Fullfed Beast", "Riff For Emily" and "Ten to Midnight". As part of his movie apprenticeship he served as a location scout, production coordinator and assistant director before making his feature debut as director and screenwriter of "Vaya Con Dios" (1991). Hancock's breakthrough as a major player came when he scripted Clint Eastwood's "A Perfect World" (1993), and he reteamed with Eastwood for the screen version of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (1997), adapting the best-selling book by John Berendt.... Read More

Filmography (7)

Snow White & the Huntsman (2012)

The Blind Side (2009)

The Alamo (2004)

The Rookie (2002)

Spy Game (2001)

My Dog Skip (2000)

Milestones (19)

2009
Directed and wrote "The Blind Side," based on the 2006 book by Michael Lewis

2004
Wrote and directed the American war film, "The Alamo"

2002
Directed Dennis Quaid in "The Rookie"

2000
Produced the family film, "My Dog Skip"

1998
Created and wrote pilot for the CBS drama series "L.A. Doctors"

1998
Created and wrote the pilot for the CBS drama series, "L.A. Doctors"

1997
Reteamed with Eastwood to script the screen adaptation of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"

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