---
name: "Hart Hanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hart-hanson"
fi1m_id: "hart-hanson"
imdb_id: "nm0361274"
tmdb_id: 1212569
wikidata_id: "Q570177"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "26 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:44:34.943401+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."
---

# Hart Hanson

## Identity

Hart Hanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hart-hanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hart-hanson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0361274
- **TMDB ID:** 1212569
- **Wikidata ID:** Q570177
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Hanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212569

Director. Born 26 July 1957 in Burlingame, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 26 July 1957, Burlingame, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Hartwick David Hanson 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Hanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212569

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hart Hanson (born Hartwick David Hanson, 26 July 1957) is an American-born television writer and producer. His family moved to Canada when he was a child. He holds a BA from the University of Toronto and an MFA from the University of British Columbia.

Hanson began his career writing for Canadian series including *North of 60* (1992), *Road to Avonlea* (1990) and *Traders*. He later worked on American productions such as *Stargate SG-1* (1997), *The Outer Limits* (1995), *Judging Amy* (1999) and *Joan of Arcadia* (2003). He is best known as the creator, writer and executive producer of *Bones* (2005–2017), and also created its spin-off *The Finder* (2012) and *Backstrom* (2015).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Writer, Director, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Backstrom* (2015), series, Teleplay, Creator
- *The Finder* (2012), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Bones* (2005), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, Writer
- *Snoops* (1999), series, Writer
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Writer
- *Cupid* (1998), series, Writer
- *Cold Squad* (1998), series, Writer
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, Writer
- *Poltergeist: The Legacy* (1996), series, Writer
- *Traders* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Writer
- *Trust in Me* (1995), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Ready or Not* (1993), series, Writer
- *North of 60* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Odyssey* (1992), series, Writer
- *Fly by Night* (1991), series, Writer
- *Road to Avonlea* (1990), series, Writer

## Gallery

- ![kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - "Bones" panel - Emily Deschanel and Hart Hanson - San Diego, Calif. - July 24, 2009](https://film.one/media/person/1339709/gallery-f38e0e0bdfb8.jpg) kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - "Bones" panel - Emily Deschanel and Hart Hanson - San Diego, Calif. - July 24, 2009 — Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Emily_Deschanel_and_Hart_Hanson_%283753554609%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hart Hanson at the Bones panel. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/1339709/gallery-6be0eb4588e3.jpg) Hart Hanson at the Bones panel. (2009) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hart_Hanson_%283756309403%29.jpg/1280px-Hart_Hanson_%283756309403%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![<a href="http://cfccreates.com/film" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com/film</a> (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/1339709/gallery-90346fdebd4f.jpg) <a href="http://cfccreates.com/film" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com/film</a> (2010) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Hart_Hanson_%288190395293Gio%3B%3Berm%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hart Hanson](https://film.one/media/person/1339709/gallery-0dfffba2d6f5.jpg) Hart Hanson — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Hart_Hanson_at_Televerse_2025.jpg/1280px-Hart_Hanson_at_Televerse_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hart Hanson at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego.](https://film.one/media/person/1339709/gallery-9ecd0d7a955d.jpg) Hart Hanson at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hart_Hanson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Hart_Hanson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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