Peter Sanders(I)
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Peter Sanders, who holds degrees in history from the University of
Vermont (1992) and in acting from the prestigious Stella Adler
Conservatory (1994), has performed stellar roles in Off-Broadway plays
and at the Lincoln Center (Requiem for Life, 1996) in New York, also
appearing in films, television, and commercials. He started
free-lancing as a reporter in 2003 and worked the same year for NBC
affiliates in Helena, Montana, and Shreveport, Louisiana. In 2004 he
was accepted to the graduate program in Broadcast Journalism at New
York University, completing his Master's degree at that institution in
2006. His first feature-length film, The Disappeared (2008),he
produced,directed, and executive produced, was awarded a special prize
for best documentary by the 2007 Documentary and Fiction Festival of
Hollywood. Featured at several international festivals, including the
Montréal World Film Festival (2008), the Festival Internacional del
Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana (2008), and SANFIC, the
International Film Festival of Santiago de Chile (2008), the film was
chosen by the government of Argentina to represent the country at a
conference on Human Rights sponsored by the United Nations. After its
première at movie theaters in Argentina, Chile, and Canada, it was
broadcast on The History Channel networks, including History
International , History Español, and The Documentary Channel. It has
been available on Netflix since 2008. In addition, the film has been
acquired by hundreds of academic institutions worldwide.
Sanders' wide range of interests include penetrating portraits of writers and artists, the latest of which is Altina (2014), the story of a wealthy New Yorker who invented the Harlequin eyeglasses in the 1930s and created a unique brand of functional sculpture she called "chairacters." In 2013 Altina won the David A. Stein prize for Best Documentary and Best Director at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. It was also featured at the Sarasota International Film festival (2012), Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (2013), and Washington D.C. Jewish Film Festival (2014). In 2014, through a partnership with Submarine Entertainment and First Run Features, Altina will be released theatrically in September at the IFC theater in New York and at the Laemmle Music Hall theater in Los Angeles. First Run Features will be distributing it in 2015. Peter Sanders is CEO of Eight Twelve Productions LLC, a branch of Sanders Productions he founded in 2006.
Sanders' wide range of interests include penetrating portraits of writers and artists, the latest of which is Altina (2014), the story of a wealthy New Yorker who invented the Harlequin eyeglasses in the 1930s and created a unique brand of functional sculpture she called "chairacters." In 2013 Altina won the David A. Stein prize for Best Documentary and Best Director at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. It was also featured at the Sarasota International Film festival (2012), Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (2013), and Washington D.C. Jewish Film Festival (2014). In 2014, through a partnership with Submarine Entertainment and First Run Features, Altina will be released theatrically in September at the IFC theater in New York and at the Laemmle Music Hall theater in Los Angeles. First Run Features will be distributing it in 2015. Peter Sanders is CEO of Eight Twelve Productions LLC, a branch of Sanders Productions he founded in 2006.