Denis Sanders

Denis Sanders 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 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 masters degree thesis at U.C.L.A. and which he coscripted with his brother Terry Sanders and the second for Best Documentary in 1970 for Czechoslovakia 1968.

He was born in New York City and died from a heart attack in San Diego, California, where he was professor and film maker in residence at San Diego State University.

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