---
name: "Hank Moonjean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hank-moonjean"
fi1m_id: "hank-moonjean"
imdb_id: "nm0600794"
tmdb_id: 12955
wikidata_id: "Q5648417"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 January 1930"
died: "7 October 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T16:35:25.651750+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hank Moonjean

## Identity

Hank Moonjean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hank-moonjean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hank-moonjean
- **IMDb ID:** nm0600794
- **TMDB ID:** 12955
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5648417
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Moonjean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12955

Producer. Born 19 January 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Died 7 October 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 January 1930, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 7 October 2012
- **Active:** 1960–1988
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 producing, 4 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 68 (4), 1980s 64 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Moonjean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5648417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12955

## Biography

Hank Moonjean was an American film producer, executive producer and associate producer. He graduated from the University of Southern California and began his career at MGM Studios as an uncredited assistant director on films including *Bhowani Junction* (1954). He later worked as an assistant director on titles such as *Cool Hand Luke* (1967) and *The Odd Couple* (1968).

Moonjean’s producing credits include *The Great Gatsby* (1974), several films starring Burt Reynolds such as *Hooper* (1978), *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980) and *Stroker Ace* (1983), and *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988). He and Norma Heyman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for the latter. In 2008 he published the memoir *Bring In The Peacocks: Memoirs of a Hollywood Producer*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

### Crew (4)

- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Fi1m 84, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Fi1m 62, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *Fanny* (1961), Fi1m 70, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)
- *Cimarron* (1960), Fi1m 57, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *Stealing Home* (1988), Producer
- *Stroker Ace* (1983), Producer
- *Sharky's Machine* (1981), Producer
- *Paternity* (1981), Producer
- *The Incredible Shrinking Woman* (1981), Producer
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Hooper* (1978), Producer
- *The End* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Fortune* (1975), Executive Producer
- *The Great Gatsby* (1974), Associate Producer
- *Child's Play* (1972), Associate Producer, Assistant Director
- *WUSA* (1970), Associate Producer
- *The April Fools* (1969), Assistant Director
- *The Secret Life of an American Wife* (1968), Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- *The Odd Couple* (1968), Assistant Director
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Assistant Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *Welcome to Hard Times* (1967), Associate Producer
- *Spinout* (1966), Associate Producer
- *The Singing Nun* (1966), Associate Producer
- *A Patch of Blue* (1965), Assistant Director
- *The Unsinkable Molly Brown* (1964), Assistant Director
- *The Prize* (1963), Assistant Director
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Assistant Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962), Assistant Director
- *Fanny* (1961), Assistant Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)
- *Cimarron* (1960), Assistant Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)
- *Tall Story* (1960), Assistant Director
- *Raintree County* (1957), Assistant Director
- *Until They Sail* (1957), Assistant Director
- *Jailhouse Rock* (1957), Assistant Director
- *The Teahouse of the August Moon* (1957), Assistant Director
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956), Assistant Director
- *The Catered Affair* (1956), Assistant Director
- *Kismet* (1955), Assistant Director
- *The Prodigal* (1955), Second Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1989: Best Picture (nominated), for *Dangerous Liaisons*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1984: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Stroker Ace*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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