Denis Sanders
Directing
- Born
- January 21, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 10, 1987 (age 58)
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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
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
November 11, 1970
Invasion of the Bee Girls
June 1, 1973
The Naked and the Dead
August 6, 1958
War Hunt
May 1, 1962
Czechoslovakia 1968
December 31, 1969
A Time Out of War
September 26, 1954
The American West of John Ford
December 5, 1971
Shock Treatment
July 22, 1964
Crime and Punishment USA
November 1, 1959
Soul to Soul
August 18, 1971
One Man's Way
February 26, 1964
Subject: Narcotics
January 1, 1951
Behind the camera15
- 1982Computers Are People, Too! Director
- 1979When Stroker Strikes Technical Advisor
- 1973Invasion of the Bee Girls Director
- 1971The American West of John Ford Director
- 1971Soul to Soul Director
- 1970Elvis: That's the Way It Is Director
- 1969Czechoslovakia 1968 Director
- 1964Shock Treatment Director
- 1964One Man's Way Director
- 1962War Hunt