His father was a conscientious objector during WWII and worked on a construction crew doing road repairs. He had retired in recent years due to Alzheimer’s, according to Variety.com. It was left more to the viewer. Confidential. I'm old enough that I grew up before there was so much talk by directors and about directors. Troy Perkins (son) Portrayed by. The son of a schoolmaster, Curtis Lee Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada, on March 24 1945, and grew up in Los Angeles. He became friends with legendary directors including Don Siegel and Sam Fuller. The son of a schoolmaster, Curtis Lee Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada, on March 24 1945, and grew up in Los Angeles. He is Troy's father. Hanson had a son, born in 2004, with Rebecca Yeldham, a producer. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.
[3] He was the son … - IMDb Mini Biography By: Hanson directed the children’s martial arts adventure The Little Dragons (1979) and the good-natured coming-of-age comedy Losin’ It (1983), which starred a young Tom Cruise. For other people named Curtis Hanson, see, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Grand Prix (Festival du Film Policier de Cognac), Audience Award (Festival du Film Policier de Cognac), Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, DGA Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, "Curtis Hanson, Director of 'L.A. Confidential', Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. As a producer of the stylish 1997 period film, Hanson also shared the nomination for best picture and was nominated for best director. Continuing his determination to explore contrasting themes and milieux, he followed Wonder Boys and 8 Mile with In Her Shoes (2005), a wise and underrated comedy-drama about two dissimilar sisters (Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette). Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.
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The film, produced by Hanson's production company Deuce Three Productions for HBO, featured among its cast 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. Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American filmmaker.
[citation needed], In 2011, Hanson made Too Big to Fail, based on the 2009 Andrew Ross Sorkin book of the same name about the beginnings of the financial crisis of 2007–2010. Michael Apted replaced him as director during the final days of shooting. The film thrived on a unique exchange: the action genre benefited from an infusion of this esteemed actor’s reputation while Streep herself seemed paradoxically lightened and lifted by the chance to head up a popcorn movie, albeit one of a superior stripe.
Hanson was nearly 50 when, in 1992, his The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, a low-budget, two-dimensional suspense movie starring Rebecca de Mornay as a psychopathic nanny, emerged as an unexpected blockbuster, bringing him to the notice of the big Hollywood studios.