Denis Sanders
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) |
Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was the brother of Terry Sanders.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]He acted as a dialogue director of Night of the Hunter, where his brother filmed the night scenes.
Sanders directed Crime and Punishment USA which launched George Hamilton.[3] In 1959, he was going to direct The Subterraneans.[4]
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;[5] and the second for Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.[6] 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
[edit]- 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)[7]
- 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)[8]
- Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
References
[edit]- ^ "Denis Sanders, Winner of 2 Oscars, Dies". Associated Press. December 15, 1987 – via LA Times.
- ^ "Victoria Sanders". www.victoriasanders.com.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (March 20, 2026). "Not Quite Movie Stars: George Hamilton". Filmink. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ^ "Producers of 'Crime and Funishment, U.S.A.' Plan Art Houses as Trailer". Variety. May 6, 1959. p. 4.
- ^ 1955-Oscars.org-Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Fred Astaire Cuts Loose: 1970 Oscars
- ^ Robert M. Fresco. "Czechoslovakia 1968" (PDF). Library of Congress. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Howard (August 19, 1971). "Rousing 'Soul to Soul'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
External links
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- 1929 births
- 1987 deaths
- American male screenwriters
- Film producers from California
- Film directors from New York City
- Film producers from New York (state)
- San Diego State University faculty
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Screenwriters from California
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni