John Hanson
Directing
- Born
- March 7, 1942 (age 84) · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
Known for
Behind the camera10
- 2025The Rendlesham UFO : The British Roswell Executive Producer
- 1993Shimmer Director
- 1984Wildrose Writer, Director
- 1980Survivor Director, Additional Photography
- 1980Rebel Earth Director, Producer
- 1978Northern Lights Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
- 1977Prairie Fire Director
- 1976Baker's Hawk Editor
- 1971Secrets Producer
- TBATraveling Light