Denis Sanders
American film director
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Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was the brother of Terry Sanders.
Screenwriter
Film producer
Denis Sanders | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1929 New York City |
| Died | December 10, 1987 (aged 58) |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter Film producer |
| Years active | 1954–1987 |
| Relatives | Terry Sanders (brother) Freida Lee Mock (sister-in-law) Peter Sanders (son) |
Biography
He was born in New York City, the son of sculptor and designer Altina Schinasi. He died from a heart attack in San Diego, California, where he was professor and film maker in residence at San Diego State University. His daughter, Victoria Sanders,[1] is a literary agent and film producer.[2]
Career
He acted as a dialogue director of Night of the Hunter, where his brother filmed the night scenes.
In 1959, he was going to direct The Subterraneans.[3]
He directed the debut performances of Robert Redford and Tom Skerritt in the 1962 film War Hunt. He won two Academy Awards, the first for Best Short Subject in 1955 for A Time Out of War that had served as his master's degree thesis at UCLA and which he co-scripted with his brother Terry Sanders;[4] and the second for Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.[5] In 1958, he teamed up again with Terry Sanders to adapt Norman Mailer's World War II novel The Naked and the Dead.
Selected filmography
- A Time Out of War (1954) (with Terry Sanders)
- The Naked and the Dead (1958, screen adaptation, with Terry Sanders)
- Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959)
- War Hunt (1962)
- One Man's Way (1963)
- Shock Treatment (1964)
- Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969) (with Robert M. Fresco)[6]
- Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
- The American West of John Ford (1971) TV documentary
- Trial – The City and County of Denver vs. Lauren S. Watson (1971)
- Soul to Soul (1971)[7]
- Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)