Sanford "Sandy" Lieberson (born 16 July 1936)"Sanford Lieberson"
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since 1965.

Biography

Born in

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, Sandy Lieberson began his career as an agent in the US with clients who included

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and

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. He worked in

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for almost three years from 1961, then returned to the US for two years, before moving to the UK in 1965, going on to become a film producer.Stuart Kemp
"Veteran Film Player Sandy Lieberson Named CBE By British Government"
''The Hollywood Reporter'', 10 September 2012. In 1968 he founded the British production company

Goodtimes Enterprises Goodtimes Enterprises was a British film production company, run by David Puttnam and Sanford Lieberson. Their films include ''Performance'', ''Melody'', ''That'll Be The Day'', '' Stardust'', ''Mahler'', ''Lisztomania'' and ''Bugsy Malone''. Th ...

, which produced films such as ''

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'' (1970), ''

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'' (1974) and ''

Lisztomania Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. This frenzy first occurred in Berlin in 1841 and the term was later coined by Heinrich Heine in a feuilleton he wrote on ...

'' (1975). David Puttnam became a partner of Goodtimes in 1970. Since the mid-1970s, Lieberson formed a new production company called Umbrella Entertainment, which produced films such as ''

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'' (1977) and '' Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' (1987). Between 1977 and 1980, he held various positions at

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, and was subsequently Vice President of International Production for The Ladd Company, before becoming Chief of Production at Goldcrest Films between 1984 and 1986. He was also head of production for UK

and MGM, and was the inaugural Chair of Film London from 2003,"Former Film London Chair Sandy Lieberson Awarded CBE"
''Film London'', 25 April 2012; accessed 2 April 2014.Tim Dams
"Sandy Lieberson named head of Film London"
''Screen Daily'', 17 February 2003; accessed 2 April 2014. continuing to help shape it for eight years. He set up the Producers course at the

National Film and Television School The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Rep ...

and was Head Tutor of its Producing Department.

Awards

Lieberson received the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) Special Jury Prize in 2005. In 2012, he was appointed an honorary CBE in recognition of his services to the film industry.

Selected credits

*'' The Pied Piper'' (1972) *''

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'' (1973) *'' That'll Be the Day'' (1973) *''

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'' (1974) *'' Trick or Treat'' (1975) *''

'' (1975) *''

'' (1977)

References

External links

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2022 filmed interview
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