Denis Sanders
Born: 1929-01-21 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1987-12-10
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1982
- Computers Are People, Too! ... (Director)
1979
- When Stroker Strikes ... (Technical Advisor)
1973
- Invasion of the Bee Girls ... (Director)
1971
- Soul to Soul ... (Director)
- The American West of John Ford ... (Director)
1970
- Elvis: That's the Way It Is ... (Director)
1969
- Czechoslovakia 1918-1968 ... (Director)
1967
- Mannix ... (Director)
1964
- Shock Treatment ... (Director)
- One Man's Way ... (Director)
1962
- War Hunt ... (Director)
1961
- The Defenders ... (Director)
1959
- Crime and Punishment USA ... (Director)
- Playboy's Penthouse as Self
1958
- Naked City ... (Director)
- The Naked and the Dead ... (Screenplay)
1954
- A Time Out of War ... (Editor)
1951
- Subject: Narcotics ... (Director)
- Introduction to Jazz ... (Director)