Denis Sanders

Denis Sanders
Born(1929-01-21)January 21, 1929
New York City
DiedDecember 10, 1987(1987-12-10) (aged 58)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Film producer
Years active1954–1987
RelativesTerry Sanders (brother)
Freida Lee Mock (sister-in-law)

Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer who 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;[1] and the second for Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.[2] In 1958, he teamed up again with Terry Sanders to adapt Norman Mailer's World War II novel The Naked and the Dead.

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,[3] is a literary agent and film producer.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ 1955-Oscars.org-Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. ^ Fred Astaire Cuts Loose: 1970 Oscars
  3. ^ "Denis Sanders, Winner of 2 Oscars, Dies". Associated Press. December 15, 1987 – via LA Times.
  4. ^ "Victoria Sanders". www.victoriasanders.com.
  5. ^ https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/czech.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ Thompson, Howard (August 19, 1971). "Rousing 'Soul to Soul'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 12, 2021.