John Lee Hancock

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John Lee Hancock
Born	John Lee Hancock, Jr. (1956-12-15) December 15, 1956 Longview, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director, producer
Years active	1987–present

John Lee Hancock, Jr. (born December 15, 1956) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for directing the sports drama films The Rookie (2002) and The Blind Side (2009), and the historical drama films Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and The Founder (2016).

Career

Hancock's debut as a screenwriter and director came in 1991 with Hard Time Romance. He worked on two more films as a screenwriter with A Perfect World and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil before making his next directing effort in 2002 with the sports drama The Rookie, which was a critical and commercial success. In 2004, he wrote and directed The Alamo, which was a box office bomb. Five years later, his film The Blind Side was a box office success and received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination.

In 2013 Hancock directed Saving Mr. Banks, a film about the life of P.L. Travers and her difficult negotiations with Walt Disney over adapting her famous novel Mary Poppins into a feature film. He also directed The Founder (2016), about the McDonald's fast food chain, and co-wrote the upcoming musical film The Goree Girls.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer
1991	Hard Time Romance
1993	A Perfect World
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
2000	My Dog Skip
2002	The Rookie
2004	The Alamo
2009	The Blind Side
2012	Snow White and the Huntsman
2013	Saving Mr. Banks
2016	The Founder
2019	Chaos Walking
2019	The Highwaymen

External links

• John Lee Hancock at IMDb