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.
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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Computers Are People, Too!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
When Stroker Strikes
Role: Technical Advisor
MOVIE • 1979
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973
The American West of John Ford
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
Soul to Soul
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Czechoslovakia 1968
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969
Mannix
Role: Director
TV • 1967
Shock Treatment
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
One Man's Way
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
War Hunt
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1962
War Hunt
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1962
The Defenders
Role: Director
TV • 1961
Crime and Punishment USA
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1959
Naked City
Role: Director
TV • 1958
The Naked and the Dead
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1958
A Time Out of War
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1954
A Time Out of War
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1954
A Time Out of War
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1954
A Time Out of War
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1954