FILM DIRECTOR

Curtis Hanson

1945 - 2016

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Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Reno, Nevada, Hanson grew up in Los Angeles. After dropping out of high school, Hanson worked as photographer and editor for Cinema magazine. In the 1970s, Hanson participated as a writer for the horror film The Dunwich Horror (1970) and made his directorial debut the B-Movie Sweet Kill (1973), where he lacked creative control to fulfill his vision. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Curtis Hanson is the 469th most popular film director (up from 491st in 2019), the 3,408th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,121st in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Curtis Hanson ranks 469 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksandar Petrović, David Yates, Anton Corbijn, David Byrne, D. J. Caruso, and Walter Frentz. After him are Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Michael Anderson, J. Stuart Blackton, Thomas Vinterberg, Philippe Garrel, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Curtis Hanson ranks 221. Before him are Marianne Sägebrecht, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Dennis Nilsen, Pat Riley, Don McLean, and Leonid Popov. After him are Douglas Hofstadter, Richard Armitage, Basil Poledouris, Stephen Stills, Francesca Annis, and Wilfried Van Moer. Among people deceased in 2016, Curtis Hanson ranks 171. Before him are Chus Lampreave, Ilse Aichinger, Ferdinand Kübler, Michu Meszaros, Akhtar Mansour, and Qahhor Mahkamov. After him are Trifon Ivanov, Black, Arnold Wesker, Sixto Durán Ballén, Dragan Nikolić, and Götz George.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Curtis Hanson ranks 3,408 out of 20,380. Before him are Don McLean (1945), Ben Shapiro (1984), Grandma Moses (1860), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Merce Cunningham (1919), and Benjamin Tucker (1854). After him are Howard S. Becker (1928), Artie Shaw (1910), Lionel Hampton (1908), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), and P. G. T. Beauregard (1818).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Curtis Hanson ranks 127. Before him are Chuck Lorre (1952), Robert Rossen (1908), James L. Brooks (1940), Joe Dante (1946), William A. Wellman (1896), and D. J. Caruso (1965). After him are Jerome Robbins (1918), Delbert Mann (1920), Norman Taurog (1899), Tom McCarthy (1966), Sam Wood (1883), and Richard Lester (1932).

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