John Hanson is an American movie director and cinematographer.Born in
St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in McClusky, North Dakota, John Hanson
received his B.A. from Carleton College and did postgraduate studies
in architecture at 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
Franscisco and the Independent Feature Project. He lives in Bayfield,
Wisconsin."Below the Sky Photographs of the High Plains"
St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in McClusky, North Dakota, John Hanson
received his B.A. from Carleton College and did postgraduate studies
in architecture at 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
Franscisco and the Independent Feature Project. He lives in Bayfield,
Wisconsin."Below the Sky Photographs of the High Plains"
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