John Lee Hancock Jr. (born December 15, 1956) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Rookie (2002), The Alamo(2004), The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks(2013), The Founder (2016), The Highwaymen (2019), The Little Things (2021), and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022). He also wrote the film A Perfect World (1993) screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lee Hancock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.