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Tim McCanlies
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Tim McCanlies (born 1953) is a film director and screenwriter. He has attracted attention for his work writing and directing Secondhand Lions, and wrote the screenplays for The Iron Giant and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again.
McCanlies attended high school in Bryan, Texas and took some college level courses at nearby Texas A&M University. In 1971, he moved to Austin and enrolled at the University of Texas majoring in Radio-Television-Film. After a couple of years, McCanlies transferred back to Texas A & M. In 1975, he moved to Dallas where he worked as a police officer and took graduate film classes at Southern Methodist University.
McCanlies worked for Walt Disney Studios in the 1980s and wrote for all the major motion picture studios at one time or another. McCanlies made his directorial debut in his own independently produced feature Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998).
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Acting and producing career
Producing
- 2013movie
Angels Sing
as Director
- 2009movie
Alabama Moon
as Director
- 2009movie
The 2 Bobs
as Writer
- 2009movie
The 2 Bobs
as Director
- 2003movie
Secondhand Lions
as Writer
- 2003movie
Secondhand Lions
as Director
- 1999movie
The Iron Giant
as Screenplay
- 1998movie
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
as Producer
- 1998movie
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
as Screenplay
- 1998movie
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Director
- 1998movie
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Writer
- 1987movie
North Shore
as Screenplay
- 1983movie
Scalps
as Associate Producer