Terry Sanders (born December 20, 1931) is an American filmmaker having produced and/or directed more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials,

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

and portrait

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s. He co-heads the

American Film Foundation The American Film Foundation is a production company based in Southern California. The foundation is headed by Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock who have combined to create more than 60 documentary and feature film A film also calle ...

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 An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosoph ...

for '' Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision''. He also produced and co-directed '' Crime & Punishment, USA'' with his now-deceased brother, Denis Sanders.

Filmography

*''The Eyes of Don Bachardy'' *''

Return with Honor ''Return with Honor'' is a 1999 documentary film about U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. Among those profiled is Senator John McCain. It is narrated by Tom Hanks. Directors Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders won the Best Film award a ...

'', presented by

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*'' Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper'' *'' Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision'' (Oscar win) * ''Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age'', narrated by

Robert MacNeil Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, Order of Canada, OC (born January 19, 1931) is a Canadian-American journalist and writer. He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create ''The MacNeil/Lehrer Report'' in 1975. E ...

(includes an interview with

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and

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of Norton Utilities) * '' Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember'', narrated by

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(Oscar nomination) * ''Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me'' * '' Screenwriters: Words Into Image'' * ''

War Hunt ''War Hunt'' is a 1962 war film directed by Denis Sanders and starring John Saxon, Robert Redford and Charles Aidman. Produced by Terry Sanders for T-D Enterprises, and released by United Artists, the film features the film debuts of Sydney Polla ...

'' * '' Crime & Punishment, USA'' * '' A Time Out of War'' * ''Copland Portrait, American Composer'' with

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* '' The Japan Project: Made in Japan'' * ''

Portrait of Zubin Mehta ''Portrait of Zubin Mehta'' (1968) is a 38-min. documentary film by Terry Sanders about the life of the conductor Zubin Mehta. The documentary has been filmed in Bombay and Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), oft ...

'' * ''Fighting for Life'' * ''

Four Stones for Kanemitsu ''Four Stones for Kanemitsu'' is a 1973 American short documentary film, written and produced by June Wayne and filmed by Terry Sanders. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film is educational and records in d ...

'' (Oscar nomination) Documentary Winners: 1974 Oscars
/ref> * '' To Live or Let Die'' * ''Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record'' (1987)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Terry American film directors 1931 births Living people Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners University of California, Los Angeles alumni

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