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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
all 19
Director 17
Movies 15
TV Shows 4
self 1
Writer 1
Computers Are People, Too! (1982)
What's the Big Hurry? (1974)
A Film on Hitchhiking (1974)
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
The American West of John Ford (1971)
Soul to Soul (1971)
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969)
Mannix (1967)
Shock Treatment (1964)
One Man's Way (1964)
War Hunt (1962)
The Defenders (1961)
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
Playboy's Penthouse (1959)
Naked City (1958)
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
A Time Out of War (1954)
Subject: Narcotics (1951)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1929-01-21
Deathday1987-12-10 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SiblingsTerry Sanders
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel
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