Terry Sanders
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| Born | December 20, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Spouse | Freida Lee Mock |
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Terry Sanders (born December 20, 1931) is an American filmmaker having produced and/or directed more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, documentaries and portrait films. He co-heads the American Film Foundation and has produced and photographed the Oscar-winning dramatic short A Time Out of War. He also received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.[1] He also produced and co-directed Crime & Punishment, USA with his now-deceased brother, Denis Sanders. He is the son of sculptor and designer Altina Schinasi.
Archive
The moving image collection of Terry Sanders is housed at the Academy Film Archive.[2]
Filmography
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- The Eyes of Don Bachardy
- Return with Honor, presented by Tom Hanks
- Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper, 1995
- Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Oscar win) [3]
- Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age, 1997, narrated by Robert MacNeil (includes an interview with Tim Berners-Lee and Peter Norton of Norton Utilities)
- Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, 1990, narrated by Edward Kennedy (Oscar nomination) [4]
- Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987)
- The New Indians (1976), a National Geographic Society and WQED-Pittsburgh production produced by Sanders and Freida Lee Mock; directed by Sanders; and narrated by Robert Redford
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
- Screenwriters: Words Int
- Hunt
- Crime & Punishment, USA
- A Time Out of War, 1954
- Copland Portrait, American Composer with Aaron Copland, 1967
- The Japan Project: Made in Japan
- 1964 (1964), written, produced, and directed, for US Information Agency and narrated by Lawrence Dobkin
- Portrait of Zubin Mehta, 1967
- Fighting for Life
- Four Stones for Kanemitsu (Oscar nomination) [5]
- To Live or Let Die
See also
- American Film Foundation (co-founder)
- Denis Sanders
References
- ^ "Winners & Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Terry Sanders Collection". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1995 Oscars
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1991 Oscars
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1974 Oscars
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