Terry Sanders

Terry Sanders
Sanders in 2008
Born	(1931-12-20) December 20, 1931 (age 92) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Filmmaker
Spouse	Freida Lee Mock
Parent	Altina Schinasi (mother)

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. He co-heads the American Film Foundation and has produced and photographed the Oscar-winning dramatic short A Time Out of War. He also 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 is the son of sculptor and designer Altina Schinasi.

Archive[edit]

The moving image collection of Terry Sanders is housed at the Academy Film Archive.^[2]

Filmography[edit]

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• The Eyes of Don Bachardy
• Return with Honor, presented by Tom Hanks
• Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Oscar win) ^[3]
• Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age, narrated by Robert MacNeil (includes an interview with Tim Berners-Lee and Peter Norton of Norton Utilities)
• Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, narrated by Edward Kennedy (Oscar nomination) ^[4]
• Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
• Screenwriters: Words Into Image
• War Hunt
• Crime & Punishment, USA
• A Time Out of War
• Copland Portrait, American Composer with Aaron Copland
• The Japan Project: Made in Japan
• Portrait of Zubin Mehta
• Fighting for Life
• Four Stones for Kanemitsu (Oscar nomination) ^[5]
• To Live or Let Die
• Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987)

See also[edit]

• American Film Foundation (co-founder)
• Denis Sanders

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Terry Sanders at IMDb