VIDEO : Oscar Winner Curtis Hanson Dead At 71

Curtis Hanson at the St Regis Hotel on June 15, 2007, in Rome, Italy. Hanson also directed "8 Mile," a film about Detroit's underground rap scene starring Eminem, and "Too Big to Fail" an adaptation of financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin's book on the 2008 financial meltdown. So sad to hear about Curtis Hanson. great director. great man. He spent time on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and served on the executive board for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.