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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has called a "fractured" family. He moved around a great ...
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Masters of the Air
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 9 episodes) (filming)
- Episode #1.9
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- Episode #1.8
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- Episode #1.7
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- Episode #1.6
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- Episode #1.5
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2019
The Movies
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
- The Golden Age
(2019)
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- The Sixties
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- The Seventies
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- The 2000s to Today
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- The Nineties
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2018
The 2000s
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- I Want My MP3
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- Yes We Can
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- The Financial Crisis
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- The i Decade
(2018)
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- Quagmire: Bush's Second Term
(2018)
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2018
1968: The Year That Changed America
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Part Four: Fall
(2018)
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- Part Three: Summer
(2018)
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- Part Two: Spring
(2018)
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- Part One: Winter
(2018)
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2017
The Nineties
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Isn't It Ironic
(2017)
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- The Information Age
(2017)
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- Terrorism Hits Home
(2017)
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- New World Order
(2017)
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- Can We All Get Along?
(2017)
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2016
The Eighties
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Technology Gets Personal
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- The Fight Against AIDS
(2016)
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- Video Killed the Radio Star
(2016)
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- Greed Is Good
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- Tear Down This Wall
(2016)
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2015
The Seventies
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
- What's Goin' On
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- Terror at Home and Abroad
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- Battle of the Sexes
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- The State of the Union Is Not Good
(2015)
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- Crimes & Cults
(2015)
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2014
Olive Kitteridge
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Security
(2014)
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- A Different Road
(2014)
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- Incoming Tide
(2014)
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- Pharmacy
(2014)
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2014
The Sixties
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll
(2014)
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- The Times They Are A-Changin'
(2014)
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- 1968
(2014)
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- The Space Race
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- The British Invasion
(2014)
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2011
The 3 Minute Talk Show
(TV Series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
- Robin Williams
(2011)
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- Jimmy Fallon/Rico Rodriguez
(2011)
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- Wilmer Valderrama
(2011)
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- Nia Vardalos
(2011)
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- Lance Bass
(2011)
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2006-2011
Big Love
(TV Series) (executive producer - 51 episodes)
- Where Men and Mountains Meet
(2011)
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- Exorcism
(2011)
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- The Noose Tightens
(2011)
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- Til Death Do Us Part
(2011)
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- D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
(2011)
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2010
The Pacific
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Home
(2010)
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- Okinawa
(2010)
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- Iwo Jima
(2010)
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- Peleliu Hills
(2010)
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- Peleliu Airfield
(2010)
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2008
John Adams
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Peacefield
(2008)
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- Unnecessary War
(2008)
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- Unite or Die
(2008)
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- Reunion
(2008)
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- Don't Tread on Me
(2008)
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2007
Big Love: In the Beginning
(TV Series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
- Post-Partum
(2007)
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- Moving Day
(2007)
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- Meet the Babysitter
(2007)
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2001
Band of Brothers
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Points
(2001)
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- Why We Fight
(2001)
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- The Last Patrol
(2001)
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- The Breaking Point
(2001)
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- Bastogne
(2001)
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2000
American Experience
(TV Series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
- Return with Honor
(2000)
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1998
From the Earth to the Moon
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
- The Original Wives Club
(1998)
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- Le voyage dans la lune
(1998)
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- Galileo Was Right
(1998)
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- For Miles and Miles
(1998)
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- We Interrupt This Program
(1998)
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Director (7 credits)
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Thanks (25 credits)
Thanks (25 credits)
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Self (402 credits)
Self (402 credits)
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Archive footage (162 credits)
Archive footage (162 credits)
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Appeared in Madonna's music video "This Used To Be My Playground" (footage only) See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 3 Print Biographies | 27 Interviews | 54 Articles | 9 Pictorials | 69 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Tom H. | Tomu HankusuHeight:
6' (1.83 m)Parents:
Marylyn (Frager), Janet | Hanks, Amos MeffordRelatives:
Jim Hanks (sibling)
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