Curtis Hanson (1945–2016)

Born: March 24, 1945 in Reno, Nevada, USA
Died: September 20, 2016 (age 71) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar Winner for Best Screenplay (LA Confidential)

“For me, all good stories are about awareness. Self-awareness and lack of it, of how you get there and how you might fail to get there. Even Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) is about that to a degree. People discover who they are and what they’re all about by meeting their doppelgängers. I have deliberately tried to mix it up in my movies, because I enjoy visiting different worlds. However, thematically, I find that things keep coming up. Self-examination to begin with. You know, who am I, how did I get here and how do I become a better version of myself. Self-destructiveness, because that is the beginning or negation of self-examination”.

LA Confidential 1997 dir. Hanson starring Crowe Guy Pearce Kevin Spacey

Wonder Boys 2000 dir. Curtis Hanson Starring Michael Douglas Holmes

Lucky You 2007 dir. Hanson Starring Eric Bana Barrymore Robert Duvall

CHASING MAVERICKS dir. Curtis Hanson Stars: Jonny Weston Gerard Butler