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Tim McCanlies

Tim McCanlies

Actor, Writer, Director

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Tim McCanlies (born 1953) is a film director and screenwriter. He has attracted attention for his work writing and directing Secondhand Lions, and wrote the screenplays for The Iron Giant and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again.

McCanlies attended high school in Bryan, Texas and took some college level courses at nearby Texas A&M University. In 1971, he moved to Austin and enrolled at the University of Texas majoring in Radio-Television-Film. After a couple of years, McCanlies transferred back to Texas A & M. In 1975, he moved to Dallas where he worked as a police officer and took graduate film classes at Southern Methodist University.

McCanlies worked for Walt Disney Studios in the 1980s and wrote for all the major motion picture studios at one time or another. McCanlies made his directorial debut in his own independently produced feature Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998).

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Actor

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Type

Year

On Story Poster

On Story TV Series20111 episode, 2012

'Secondhand Lions': One Screenplay's Wild Ride in Hollywood Poster

'Secondhand Lions': One Screenplay's Wild Ride in Hollywood Documentary2004Self

Haley Joel Osment: An Actor Comes of Age Documentary2004Self

On the Set with 'Secondhand Lions' Poster

On the Set with 'Secondhand Lions' Video2004Self

Writer

8

Type

Year

Childhood Thoughts Poster

Childhood Thoughts TV Series2015

The 2 Bobs Poster

The 2 Bobs Feature Film2009

Secondhand Lions Poster

Secondhand Lions Feature Film2003

Smallville Poster

Smallville TV Series2001

The Iron Giant Poster

The Iron Giant Feature Film1999

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Poster

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Feature Film1998

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! Poster

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! Video1998

North Shore Poster

North Shore Feature Film1987

Director

5

Angels Sing Poster

Angels Sing Feature Film2013

Alabama Moon Poster

Alabama Moon Feature Film2009

The 2 Bobs Poster

The 2 Bobs Feature Film2009

Secondhand Lions Poster

Secondhand Lions Feature Film2003

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Poster

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Feature Film1998

Producer

2

North Shore Poster

North Shore Feature Film1987

Scalps Feature Film1983

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