John Lee Hancock previously directed and wrote The Blind Side, starring Oscar® winner Sandra Bullock, which received an Oscar® nomination for Best Picture and won an ESPY Award for Best Sports Movie and a Christopher Award. He also directed The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid, which won the 2002 ESPY Award for Best Sports Movie, and directed and co-wrote the historical drama The Alamo, which starred Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton.
Originally from Texas City, Texas, Hancock earned a law degree from Baylor University. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he traded his legal career for the chance to start the Legal Aliens Theater Company, with actor Brandon Lee. He wrote and directed several original stage plays there before launching his film and television career.
Hancock’s first major motion-picture screenplay, A Perfect World, was directed by Clint Eastwood, who also produced and starred in the film alongside Kevin Costner and Laura Dern. Hancock then wrote Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a screen adaptation of the acclaimed book of the same name, also directed by Eastwood. He made his producing debut with the family drama My Dog Skip, which starred Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane and Frankie Muniz, under the direction of Jay Russell. The film won a Christopher Award for Best Family Film.
For television, Hancock created the CBS series L.A. Doctors, on which he was an executive producer, director and writer. The show won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Television New Dramatic Series. He later served as executive producer of the network’s drama series Falcone and directed an episode of the show.
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