About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1929-01-21
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Denis Sanders

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Denis Sanders (21 January 1929 – 10 December 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer who directed the debut performances of Robert Redford, George Hamilton, Sydney Pollack and Tom Skerritt in the critically acclaimed 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 U.C.L.A. and which he co-scripted with his brother Terry Sanders; and the second for Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.

In 1958 he teamed up again with Terry to adapt Norman Mailer's World War II novel The Naked and the Dead.

He was born in New York, New York and died in San Diego, California where he was professor and film maker in residence at San Diego State University from a heart attack.

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Known for

Directing
1982 Computers Are People, Too! Directing Director 59
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1973 Invasion of the Bee Girls Directing Director 57
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1971 The American West of John Ford Directing Director 59
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1971 Soul to Soul Directing Director 59
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1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is Directing Director 61
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1969 Czechoslovakia 1968 Directing Director 59
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1964 Shock Treatment Directing Director 59
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1964 One Man's Way Directing Director 58
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1962 War Hunt Directing Director 59
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1959 Crime and Punishment USA Directing Director 58
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1954 A Time Out of War Directing Director 58
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1951 Introduction to Jazz Directing Director N/A
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1951 Subject: Narcotics Directing Director 59
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Writing
1958 The Naked and the Dead Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 A Time Out of War Writing Writer 58
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1951 Introduction to Jazz Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1962 War Hunt Production Producer 59
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1954 A Time Out of War Production Producer 58
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Crew
1979 When Stroker Strikes Crew Technical Advisor N/A
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Editing
1954 A Time Out of War Editing Editor 58
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