# Terry Sanders

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American film director (born 1931)

Terry Sanders Sanders in 2008 Born (1931-12-20) December 20, 1931 (age 94) 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 and two-time [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) winner. He [produced](/source/Film_producer) and/or [directed](/source/Film_director) more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, [documentaries](/source/Documentary_film) and portrait [films](/source/Film).

## Career

Sanders co-heads the [American Film Foundation](/source/American_Film_Foundation) and has produced and photographed the Oscar-winning dramatic [short](/source/Short_film) *[A Time Out of War](/source/A_Time_Out_of_War)*. He was second unit director of the aerial scenes in *[Night of the Hunter](/source/The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(film))*. He received an [Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature) in 1994 for *[Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision](/source/Maya_Lin%3A_A_Strong_Clear_Vision)*.[1] He also produced and co-directed *[Crime & Punishment, USA](/source/Crime_%26_Punishment%2C_USA)* with his now-deceased brother, [Denis Sanders](/source/Denis_Sanders). He worked as a producer-director for [Davd Wolper](/source/David_L._Wolper) Productions.

## Personal

He is the son of sculptor and designer [Altina Schinasi](/source/Altina_Schinasi).

## Filmography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2022)

- *[Liza, Liza, Skies are Grey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liza,_Liza,_Skies_are_Grey&action=edit&redlink=1)* 2017 [2]

- *The Eyes of Don Bachardy*

- *[Return with Honor](/source/Return_with_Honor)*, presented by [Tom Hanks](/source/Tom_Hanks)

- *Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age*, 1997, narrated by [Robert MacNeil](/source/Robert_MacNeil) (includes an interview with [Tim Berners-Lee](/source/Tim_Berners-Lee) and [Peter Norton](/source/Peter_Norton) of [Norton Utilities](/source/Norton_Utilities))

- *[Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper](/source/Never_Give_Up%3A_The_20th_Century_Odyssey_of_Herbert_Zipper),* 1995

- *[Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision](/source/Maya_Lin%3A_A_Strong_Clear_Vision),* 1994, (Oscar win) [3]

- *[Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember](/source/Rose_Kennedy%3A_A_Life_to_Remember)*, 1990, narrated by [Edward Kennedy](/source/Ted_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](/source/To_Live_or_Let_Die),* 1982 (Oscar nominated)

- *[Screenwriters: Words Into Images](/source/Screenwriters%3A_Words_Into_Image)*, 1982

- *The New Indians* (1976), a National Geographic Society and WQED-Pittsburgh production produced by Sanders and [Freida Lee Mock](/source/Freida_Lee_Mock); directed by Sanders; and narrated by [Robert Redford](/source/Robert_Redford)

- *Copland Portrait, American Composer* with [Aaron Copland](/source/Aaron_Copland) (1975), produced and directed by Sanders and co-produced by Freida Lee Mock, for US Information Agency

- *[Four Stones for Kanemitsu](/source/Four_Stones_for_Kanemitsu),* 1973, (Oscar nomination) [6]

- *Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me*

- *[Portrait of Zubin Mehta](/source/Portrait_of_Zubin_Mehta)* (1967), produced and directed by Sanders, for US Information Agency and narrated by [Lawrence Dobkin](/source/Lawrence_Dobkin)

- *A Meeting With America* (1965), for US Information Agency about the visit of US visit of Upper Volta President [Maurice Yameogo](/source/Maurice_Yam%C3%A9ogo)

- *1964*:*The Conventions* (1964), written, produced, and directed, for US Information Agency and narrated by Lawrence Dobkin

- *Fighting for Life*

- *[Hunt](/source/War_Hunt),*1962

- *[Crime & Punishment, USA](/source/Crime_%26_Punishment%2C_USA)*[, 1959](/source/Crime_%26_Punishment%2C_USA)

- *[A Time Out of War](/source/A_Time_Out_of_War)*, 1954

## See also

- [American Film Foundation](/source/American_Film_Foundation) (co-founder)

- [Denis Sanders](/source/Denis_Sanders)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Winners & Nominees"](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995). [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences). October 5, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Staying Alive: The Director of Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Shares How He's Sustained a 63-Year Moviemaking Career - MovieMaker Magazine"](https://www.moviemaker.com/terry-sanders-liza-liza-skies-are-grey/). August 14, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Documentary Winners: 1995 Oscars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvXsfo_5l7U)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Documentary Winners: 1991 Oscars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dv58ssSr08)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** lazenby (July 7, 2025). [*1987 Slow Fires—On the Preservation of the Human Record*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1R17b9Fz8M). Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Documentary Winners: 1974 Oscars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnY9aU85Mo)

## External links

- [Terry Sanders](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761739/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [The moving image collection of Terry Sanders is housed at the Academy Film Archive](https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/terry-sanders-collection)

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