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| Born | December 20, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Spouse | Freida Lee Mock |
| Mother | Altina Schinasi |
Terry Sanders (born December 20, 1931) is an American filmmaker having produced and/or directed more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, documentaries and portrait films.
Career
[edit]Sanders co-heads the American Film Foundation and has produced and photographed the Oscar-winning dramatic short A Time Out of War. He was second unit director of the night scenes in Night of the Hunter. He received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.[1] He also produced and co-directed Crime & Punishment, USA with his now-deceased brother, Denis Sanders. He worked as a producer-director for Davd Wolper Productions.
Personal
[edit]He is the son of sculptor and designer Altina Schinasi.
Filmography
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- Liza, Liza, Skies are Grey 2017 [2]
- The Eyes of Don Bachardy
- Return with Honor, presented by Tom Hanks
- Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age, 1997, narrated by Robert MacNeil (includes an interview with Tim Berners-Lee and Peter Norton of Norton Utilities)
- Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper, 1995
- Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, 1994, (Oscar win) [3]
- Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, 1990, narrated by Edward Kennedy (Oscar nomination) [4]
- Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987)[5]
- The Japan Project: Made in Japan
- To Live or Let Die, 1982 (Oscar nominated)
- Screenwriters: Words Into Images, 1982
- The New Indians (1976), a National Geographic Society and WQED-Pittsburgh production produced by Sanders and Freida Lee Mock; directed by Sanders; and narrated by Robert Redford
- Copland Portrait, American Composer with Aaron Copland (1975), produced and directed by Sanders and co-produced by Freida Lee Mock, for US Information Agency
- Four Stones for Kanemitsu, 1973, (Oscar nomination) [6]
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
- Portrait of Zubin Mehta (1967), produced and directed by Sanders, for US Information Agency and narrated by Lawrence Dobkin
- A Meeting With America (1965), for US Information Agency about the visit of US visit of Upper Volta President Maurice Yameogo
- 1964:The Conventions (1964), written, produced and directed, for US Information Agency and narrated by Lawrence Dobkin
- Fighting for Life
- Hunt,1962
- Crime & Punishment, USA, 1959
- A Time Out of War, 1954
See also
[edit]- American Film Foundation (co-founder)
- Denis Sanders
References
[edit]- ^ "Winners & Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 5, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Staying Alive: The Director of Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Shares How He's Sustained a 63-Year Moviemaking Career - MovieMaker Magazine". August 14, 2017.
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1995 Oscars
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1991 Oscars
- ^ lazenby (July 7, 2025). 1987 Slow Fires—On the Preservation of the Human Record. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1974 Oscars
External links
[edit]- Terry Sanders at IMDb
- The moving image collection of Terry Sanders is housed at the Academy Film Archive
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