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John Hanson
- Department:Directing
- Place of birth:St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Birthday:3/7/1942
- Popularity:0
- Also known as: John Stag Hanson
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1942 and raised in McClusky, North Dakota, Hanson graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, received his B.A. from Carleton College, and did postgraduate studies in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He began his career in film, going on to direct the motion pictures Northern Lights, Wildrose, and Shimmer, and numerous film, video and television documentaries. His films have been shown at film festivals around the world, including Venice, Berlin, London, Toronto, New York, Chicago, Sundance and Cannes, where Northern Lights won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival for Best First Feature of 1979. In addition to many other film awards, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from Carleton College and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Northland College. He is past chair and current board member of the Wisconsin Humanities Council. He was a founding member of Cine Manifest, a seminal independent film collective in San Francisco and the Independent Feature Project. He lives in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
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Acting and producing career
Acting
Producing
- 2025movie
The Rendlesham UFO : The British Roswell
as Executive Producer
- 1993movie
Shimmer
as Director
- 1984movie
Wildrose
as Writer
- 1984movie
Wildrose
as Director
- 1980movie
Survivor
as Director
- 1980movie
Rebel Earth
as Director
- 1978movie
Northern Lights
as Producer
- 1978movie
Northern Lights
as Director
- 1978movie
Northern Lights
as Editor
- 1978movie
Northern Lights
as Writer
- 1977movie
Prairie Fire
as Director
- 1976movie
Baker's Hawk
as Editor
- 1971movie
Secrets
as Producer
- -movie
Traveling Light
as Director
- -movie
Traveling Light
as Producer
