John Lee Hancock graduated from Baylor in 1979 and from Baylor School of Law in 1982. After working briefly as an attorney in Houston, he moved to Los Angeles, where he is now a director and screenwriter in the movie industry. He has worked with Clint Eastwood, Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Ron Howard, and he has written the screenplays for and directed a number of films, including The Alamo, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Perfect World and Hard Time Romance. He also directed The Rookie, wrote and directed the TV series “Falcone” and produced the movie, My Dog Skip.

A fellow at the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Lab, Hancock has received the ESPY and Family Film Award, the People’s Choice Award and the Christopher Award.