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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  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).  Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim McCanlies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Associate Producer:
1983  Scalps

Director:
1983  Scalps
1998  Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
2003  Secondhand Lions
2009  Alabama Moon
2009  The 2 Bobs
2013  Angels Sing

Producer:
1983  Scalps
1998  Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998  Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
2003  Secondhand Lions
2009  Alabama Moon
2009  The 2 Bobs
2013  Angels Sing

Screenplay:
1983  Scalps
1987  North Shore
1998  Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998  Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1999  The Iron Giant
2003  Secondhand Lions
2009  Alabama Moon
2009  The 2 Bobs
2013  Angels Sing

Writer:
1983  Scalps
1987  North Shore
1998  Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998  Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1999  The Iron Giant
2003  Secondhand Lions
2009  Alabama Moon
2009  The 2 Bobs
2013  Angels Sing

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