John D. Hancock

Nacimiento : 1939-02-12, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John D. Hancock (born 12 February 1939, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American stage and film director, producer and writer. He is the son of Ralph and Ella Mae Rosenthal Hancock. His father was a musician with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, Illinois and his mother a school teacher. Hancock spent his youth between their home in Chicago and their fruit farm in La Porte, Indiana. In high school he was the Assistant Concertmaster of the Chicago Youth Orchestra playing the violin. He is perhaps best known for his work on Bang the Drum Slowly. Description above from the Wikipedia article John D. Hancock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

The Girls of Summer
Director
After her two younger sisters leave home, Maren, a Midwest sod farmer by day, and a drummer by night, is left alone to take care of her depressed, narcotic-abusing father. Eventually recognizing her unhappiness, Maren's father insists she pursue her dreams of becoming an Americana musician.
The Looking Glass
Director
Troubled 13-year-old Julie loses her mother and must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother Karen. A former star of stage and screen, Karen has the early stages of Alzheimer's and wants to pass on all she knows to her granddaughter before it's too late. Will their troubled relationship allow this to happen?
Blancanieves y la leyenda del cazador
Visual Effects Coordinator
Versión oscura del cuento de los hermanos Grimm. Sólo una mujer (Kristen Stewart) supera en belleza a una reina tan malvada (Theron) que está dispuesta a acabar con ella. Pero la pérfida soberana ignora que el cazador (Chris Hemsworth) que debía haberla matado, no sólo le ha salvado la vida, sino que le ha enseñado a defenderse. Poco después, aparecerá en escena el Príncipe Azul (Sam Clafin) que queda hechizado por la belleza y el poder de Blancanieves.
Mayhem (Pánico)
Director
Las vacaciones blancas de un artista Hollywoodiense, Tom Kempton, dan un giro mortal e inesperado cuando un accidente le deja perdido y mal herido. Desesperado y sin saber donde ir, encuentra una cabaña aislada en medio de la nada donde conoce a dos hermanas que le ofrecen refugiarse de una amenazante tormenta. Sin embargo, sin apenas darse cuenta, Tom se encuentra atado y amordazado por las hemanas que preparan un festín con Tom como plato principal. (FILMAFFINITY)
A Piece of Eden
Producer
A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica in the 1940's to an Indiana fruit farm in the present.
A Piece of Eden
Director
A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica in the 1940's to an Indiana fruit farm in the present.
Prancer
Director
Jessica, la hija de un granjero pobre, todavía cree en Santa Claus. Así que cuando se encuentra con un reno con una pierna herida, asume que es Prancer, uno de los renos de Santa Claus, que había caído desde una pantalla de Navidad en la ciudad. Ella lo esconde en su granero y lo alimenta a base de galletas, hasta que ella pueda devolvérselo a Santa Claus. Su padre lo encuentra y decide venderlo al carnicero, no para las chuletas de carne, sino para exhibirlo como reclamo publicitario.
Steal the Sky
Director
An Israeli agent entices an Iraqi jet pilot to defect with his MIG fighter.
Weeds
Writer
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Weeds
Director
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
California Dreaming
Director
Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
Baby Blue Marine
Director
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.
Muerte de un jugador
Director
Henry Wiggen es el pitcher estrella, mientras Bruce Pearson es un jugador normal, amigo de todos los jugadores. Un día, Bruce se entera de que tiene una enfermedad terminal.
La maldición de los Bishop
Author
Tras ser dada de alta en un hospital psiquiátrico, una mujer se muda junto a su marido y un amigo a una alejada casa de campo para recuperarse. Poco a poco empezara a observar extrañas apariciones, que le harán plantearse si son ciertas o solamente una ocurrencia de su mente.
La maldición de los Bishop
Director
Tras ser dada de alta en un hospital psiquiátrico, una mujer se muda junto a su marido y un amigo a una alejada casa de campo para recuperarse. Poco a poco empezara a observar extrañas apariciones, que le harán plantearse si son ciertas o solamente una ocurrencia de su mente.
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
Director
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet is a 1970 short film directed by John D. Hancock. It follows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Uncovering Wolfen
Self
After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood writing scripts that were never produced. However, WOLFEN (1981), his only other major motion picture, was. After that he would never complete another feature film again. This is the story of that film.