Denis Sanders
15 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jan 21, 1929
- Died
- Dec 10, 1987 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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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.
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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
Denis Sanders: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (18)
- 1982 Computers Are People, Too!
Director
- 1979 When Stroker Strikes
Technical Advisor
- 1973 Invasion of the Bee Girls
Director
- 1971 The American West of John Ford
Director
- 1971 Soul to Soul
Director
- 1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Director
- 1969 Czechoslovakia 1968
Director
- 1967
- 1964 Shock Treatment
Director
- 1964 One Man's Way
Director
- 1962 War Hunt
Director, Producer
- 1961
- 1959 Crime and Punishment USA
Director
- 1958
- 1958 The Naked and the Dead
Screenplay
- 1954 A Time Out of War
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
- 1951 Subject: Narcotics
Director
- 1951 Introduction to Jazz
Director, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1959 Playboy's Penthouse
1 episode