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John D. Hancock

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John D. Hancock

Born February 12, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA12 films

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John D. Hancock (born 12 February 1939, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American stage and film director, producer and writer. He is the son of Ralph and Ella Mae Rosenthal Hancock. His father was a musician with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, Illinois and his mother a school teacher. Hancock spent his youth between their home in Chicago and their fruit farm in La Porte, Indiana. In high school he was the Assistant Concertmaster of the Chicago Youth Orchestra playing the violin. He is perhaps best known for his work on Bang the Drum Slowly.

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Let's Scare Jessica to Death posterFirst watchLet's Scare Jessica to Death19716.2Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close…View film

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Prancer poster6.2Prancer1989Bang the Drum Slowly poster6.1Bang the Drum Slowly1973

Filmography

12 films as director
  1. 2020The Girls of SummerDirector
  2. 2015The Looking GlassDirector
  3. 2001Suspended AnimationDirector
  4. 2000A Piece of EdenDirector
  5. 1989PrancerDirector
  6. 1988Steal the SkyDirector
  7. 1987WeedsDirector
  8. 1979California DreamingDirector
  9. 1976Baby Blue MarineDirector
  10. 1973Bang the Drum SlowlyDirector
  11. 1971Let's Scare Jessica to DeathDirector
  12. 1970Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My FeetDirector