Denis Sanders

Denis Sanders
Born	January 21, 1929(1929-01-21) New York, New York
Died	December 10, 1987(1987-12-10) (aged 58) San Diego, California
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter Film producer
Years active	1954 - 1987

Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 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 Sanders 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.

Selected filmography

• A Time Out of War (1954)
• The Naked and the Dead (1958, Screen adaptation)
• Crime and Punishment, U.S.A. (1959)
• War Hunt (1962)
• Shock Treatment (1964)
• One Man's Way (1964)
• Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969)
• Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
• Trial - The City and County of Denver vs. Lauren S. Watson (1971)
• Soul to Soul (1971)
• Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

External links

• Denis Sanders at the Internet Movie Database
• Denis Sanders at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	Sanders, Denis
Alternative names
Short description	Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Date of birth	1929-1-21
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death	1987-12-10
Place of death	San Diego, California