Barry Sandler

Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and film producer. His career has spanned several decades, with the 1980s being his most prolific. The openly gay Sandler is perhaps best known for writing the 1982 film "Making Love", the first mainstream Hollywood film to deal seriously with issues of homosexuality and coming out.citation |title=Making Love made public: March 4, 1982 - From the Advocate Archives |periodical=The Advocate |date=2002-10-29 |first=Don |last=Romesburg |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Oct_29/ai_94079732 |accessdate=2007-08-29.] Sandler discussed "Making Love" in the 1995 documentary film "The Celluloid Closet".

In addition to his successful writing career, Sandler also teaches screenwriting at the University of Central Florida and serves as one Artistic Director to Outfest, a gay and lesbian film festival in Los Angeles.

He is the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award and the Outfest 2002 Gay Pioneer Award for Courage and Artistry, and was named by The Advocate as one of the most influential gay artists in America.citation |title=Outfest 2007 Film Competition Winners: Film Competition Jurors |year=2007 |accessdate=2007-08-29 |url=http://outfest.org/winners/film.comp.07.html.]

Filmography

Writer

* "Evil Never Dies" - 2003
* "All-American Murder" - 1992
* "Crimes of Passion" - 1984
* "Evil Under the Sun" - 1982 (uncredited)
* "Making Love" - 1982
* "The Mirror Crack'd" - 1980
* "The Other Side of Midnight" - 1977 (uncredited)
* "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" - 1976
* "Gable and Lombard" - 1976
* "Kansas City Bomber" - 1972
* "The Loners" - 1972

Producer

* "All-American Murder" - 1992 (co-producer)
* "Crimes of Passion" - 1984
* "Making Love" - 1982 (associate producer)

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