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Hart Hanson(I)

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Hart Hanson is creator and show-runner of the Fox television series Bones and The Finder. Prior to creating Bones and The Finder, Hart was Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated CBS tv series Judging Amy followed by Joan of Arcadia which won the HUMANITAS, Peoples's Choice Award, and the AFI Program of the Year Award. Hart was Co-Excecutive Producer of the ABC series Cupid and Snoops.

Hart has worked under a longtime overall deal with 20th Century Fox. Before moving to the United States a decade ago, Hart wrote and produced a number of indigenous Canadian series including Beachcombers, North of 60, The Odyssey, Ready or Not, The Road to Avonlea, Cold Squad, Stargate, The Outer Limits, garnering several Gemini nominations and four wins along the way. Hart won the Writers Guild of Canada Award for best writing in a television series for Traders and then executive produced the multi-award winning seasons Two through Four. Pilots written for 20th Century Fox include: Palm City, Expert Witness, Zuma, Buzz, and Pleading Guilty.

Hart graduated from University College, University of Toronto, with degrees in Political Theory and English and received his Master degrees in Political Theory and English and received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. He taught as an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He lives with his wife Brigitte and two sons in Malibu.
BornJuly 26, 1957
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Jonathan Collier and Hart Hanson at an event for Bones (2005)
Hart Hanson at an event for Bones (2005)
Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan at an event for Bones (2005)

Known for

Traders (1996)
Traders
7.9
TV Series
  • Producer
Rainn Wilson in Backstrom (2015)
Backstrom
7.3
TV Series
  • Producer
Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Stargate SG-1
8.4
TV Series
  • Writer
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
Bones
7.8
TV Series
  • Producer

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Producer

  • David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
    Bones
  • Rainn Wilson in Backstrom (2015)
    Backstrom
  • The Finder (2012)
    The Finder
  • Pleading Guilty (2010)
    Pleading Guilty
  • Joan of Arcadia (2003)
    Joan of Arcadia
  • Expert Witness
  • Judging Amy (1999)
    Judging Amy
  • Gina Gershon in Snoops (1999)
    Snoops
  • Paula Marshall and Jeremy Piven in Cupid (1998)
    Cupid
  • Traders (1996)
    Traders
  • Stacy Keach and Currie Graham in Trust in Me (1995)
    Trust in Me

Writer

  • David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
    Bones
    • (creator)
  • Rainn Wilson in Backstrom (2015)
    Backstrom
    • (creator) ...
  • The Finder (2012)
    The Finder
    • (creator)
  • Joan of Arcadia (2003)
    Joan of Arcadia
  • Judging Amy (1999)
    Judging Amy
  • The Outer Limits (1995)
    The Outer Limits
  • Traders (1996)
    Traders
    • (creator)
  • Gina Gershon in Snoops (1999)
    Snoops
  • Paula Marshall and Jeremy Piven in Cupid (1998)
    Cupid
  • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
    Stargate SG-1
  • Cold Squad (1998)
    Cold Squad
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
    Poltergeist: The Legacy
  • Avonlea (1990)
    Avonlea
  • North of 60 (1992)
    North of 60
  • Nobody's Business

Additional Crew

  • Whale Music (1994)
    Whale Music
  • Ashleigh Aston Moore, Tony Sampson, and Illya Woloshyn in The Odyssey (1992)
    The Odyssey
  • The Beachcombers (1972)
    The Beachcombers

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    • July 26, 1957
    • Burlingame, California, USA

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    Raised in Canada. Holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia.
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    [on why there will only be a limited number of episodes on 'Bones' The dead bodies.) There are a lot of elements in our show that have to be perfect, and dead bodies are one. A big one. The dead bodies have to be made. That's a real skill.

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