Hanson, Curtis 1945–

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Hanson, Curtis 1945–

(Curtis Lee Hanson)

PERSONAL

Full name, Curtis Lee Hanson; born March 24, 1945, in Reno, NV (some sources cite Los Angeles, CA); son of William (an elementary school teacher) and Beverly (a realtor) Hanson.

Addresses: Office—Deuce Three Productions, 1041 North Formosa Ave., Santa Monica Building, Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Screenwriter, director, and producer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, chairperson of Film and Television Archives, beginning 1999. Deuce Three Productions, Los Angeles, CA, partner.

Member: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (member of the board of governors).

Awards, Honors: Award for best film, Mystfest, and Critics Award nomination, Deauville Film Festival, both 1990, for Bad Influence; Grand Prix and Audience Award, both Cognac Festival du Film Policier, 1992, for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle; New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, National Board of Review Award, and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, all best director, 1997, National Society of Film Critics Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, ALFS Award, London Critics Circle Film awards, Chlotrudis Award, Academy Award nomination, and Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, all best director, Golden Globe Award nomination, best director—motion picture, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best director of a motion picture, International Press Academy, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, and nomination for David Lean Award for Direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1998, and Kinema Junpo Award, best foreign language film director, 1999, all for L.A. Confidential; New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, all best screenplay, 1997, Society of Texas Film Critics Award, best screenplay, adapted, 1997, Academy Award, best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium, Writers Guild of America Award, best screenplay based on material previously produced or published, Golden Satellite Award, best motion picture screenplay—adaptation, National Society of Film Critics Award, Chlotrudis Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Sierra Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, and Online Film Critics Society Award, all best screenplay, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, both best adapted screenplay, ALFS Award, screenwriter of the year, Edgar Allan Poe Award, best motion picture, Mystery Writers of America, Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay—motion picture, and Film Award nomination, best screenplay—adapted, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1998, all with Brian Helgeland, and USC Scripter Award (with Brian Helgeland and James Ellroy), University of Southern California, 1998, all for L.A. Confidential; Metro Media Award, Toronto International Film Festival, and nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes International Film Festival, both 1997, Australian Film Institute Award, Sant Jordi Award, and Fotogramas de Plata, all best foreign film, Bodil Award, best American film, Academy Award nomination, best picture, Film Award nomination, best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, best motion picture—drama, nomination for Golden Laurel Award, producer of the year, Producers Guild of America, and Silver Condor Award nomination, best foreign film, Argentinean Film Critics Association awards, all 1998, Blue Ribbon Award, best foreign language film, Kinema Junpo Award, best foreign language film, Mainichi Film Concours, best foreign language film, and Readers' Choice Award, best foreign language film, Kinema Junpo awards, all 1999, all with others, for L.A. Confidential; Screen International Award nomination, European Film awards, 2002, for 8 Mile; Dream Director Award, Young Hollywood awards, 2002; named to Power 100 list, Premiere, 2003.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Sweet Kill (also known as The Arousers and A Kiss from Eddie), New World Pictures, 1973.

The Little Dragons (also known as Dragons and Karate Kids USA), Aurora, 1977.

Losin' It, Embassy Pictures, 1983.

The Bedroom Window, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Bad Influence, Triumph Releasing, 1990.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Buena Vista, 1992.

The River Wild, Universal, 1994.

L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997.

Wonder Boys (also known as Die Wonder Boys and Wonder Boys—Lauter Wunderknaben), Paramount, 2000.

8 Mile, Universal, 2002.

In Her Shoes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Lucky You, Warner Bros., 2006.

The Crimson Petal and White, Columbia, 2007.

Film Producer:

Sweet Kill (also known as The Arousers and A Kiss from Eddie), New World Pictures, 1973.

Executive producer, The Little Dragons (also known as Dragons and Karate Kids USA), Aurora, 1977.

Associate producer, The Silent Partner (also known as L'argent de la banque), EMC, 1978.

L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997.

Wonder Boys (also known as Die Wonder Boys and Wonder Boys—Lauter Wunderknaben), Paramount, 2000.

8 Mile, Universal, 2002.

In Her Shoes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Lucky You, Warner Bros., 2006.

The Crimson Petal and White, Columbia, 2007.

Film Work; Other:

Some sources cite work as a script supervisor for Me, You, Them, Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Susan Orlean's husband, Adaptation (also known as The Orchid Thief), Columbia, 2002.

Some sources cite an appearance in Orientations: Chris Doyle—Stirred Not Shaken (documentary; also known as Chris Doyle: Orientations), 2000.

Television Director; Movies:

The Children of Times Square (also known as Street Wise), ABC, 1986.

Television Director; Episodic:

Directed episodes of Greg the Bunny, Fox.

Television Appearances; Movies:

First federal agent, Pigs vs. Freaks (also known as Off Sides), 1984.

Bennett Royce, Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story, Lifetime, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft, Sundance Channel, 1998.

Himself, Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (also known as Dial H for Hitchcock and Dial H for Hitchcock: The Genius behind the Showman), TCM, 1999.

Himself, The Making of "8 Mile," 2003.

Himself, Manner im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Himself and in archive footage, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

Himself, "Katie Holmes," Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

Himself, "Kevin Bacon: Am I Me?," Biography (also known as A & E Biography: Kevin Bacon), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, Corazon de …, Television Espanola (TVE, Spain), 2005.

Himself, The Film Programme (also known as Film 2005), BBC, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith, Karlin/Tilford Productions, 1995.

I Think I Cannes (also known as All Access), 1997.

L.A. Confidential … Off the Record, Warner Home Video, 1998.

"Rear Window" Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic, Universal Studios Home Video, 2000.

Wonder Boys: A Look between the Pages, Paramount, 2000.

Battle Rhyme for Reel Time, 2003.

In a Lonely Place: Revisited, Columbia, 2003.

Music Video Director:

Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed," 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Curtis Lee Hanson; with Henry Rosenbaum and Ronald Silkosky) The Dunwich Horror (based on a work by H. P. Lovecraft), American International Pictures, 1970.

Sweet Kill (also known as The Arousers and A Kiss from Eddie), New World Pictures, 1973.

The Silent Partner (also known as L'argent de la banque), EMC, 1978.

(With Sam Fuller) White Dog (also known as Trained to Kill), Paramount, 1982.

(With Sam Hamm and Richard Cletter) Never Cry Wolf (based on a work by Farley Mowatt), Buena Vista, 1983.

The Bedroom Window, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

(With Brian Helgeland) L.A. Confidential (based on the novel by James Ellroy), Warner Bros., 1997, published as L.A. Confidential: The Screenplay, Warner Books, 1997.

Lucky You, Warner Bros., 2006.