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Denis Sanders
- Department:Directing
- Place of birth:New York City, New York, USA
- Birthday:1/21/1929
- Deathday:12/10/1987
- Popularity:1
Biography:
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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Acting and producing career
Acting
Producing
- 1982movie
Computers Are People, Too!
as Director
- 1979movie
When Stroker Strikes
as Technical Advisor
- 1973movie
Invasion of the Bee Girls
as Director
- 1971movie
The American West of John Ford
as Director
- 1971movie
Soul to Soul
as Director
- 1970movie
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
as Director
- 1969movie
Czechoslovakia 1968
as Director
- 1964movie
Shock Treatment
as Director
- 1964movie
One Man's Way
as Director
- 1962movie
War Hunt
as Director
- 1962movie
War Hunt
as Producer
- 1959movie
Crime and Punishment USA
as Director
- 1958movie
The Naked and the Dead
as Screenplay
- 1954movie
A Time Out of War
as Editor
- 1954movie
A Time Out of War
as Producer
- 1954movie
A Time Out of War
as Writer
- 1954movie
A Time Out of War
as Director
- 1951movie
Subject: Narcotics
as Director
- 1951movie
Introduction to Jazz
as Director
- 1951movie
Introduction to Jazz
as Writer
- -tv
Naked City
as Director
- -tv
The Defenders
as Director
- -tv
Mannix
as Director