Jon Sanders (director)

Jon Sanders (born 1 April 1943 in Kent[1]) is a British film director. His first feature film Painted Angels was released in 1997.

After Cambridge, Sanders studied film at the Slade School of Fine Art under Thorold Dickinson.[1] As a sound recordist he worked on From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China which won the 1981 Academy Award for best feature-length documentary.[1]

In the 1980s he made documentaries for television which included Then When the World Changed (1983) for Channel 4, co-directed with cameraman Roger Deakins.[2]

Directing

Sanders' feature film Painted Angels starring Kelly McGillis and Brenda Fricker was about the lives of prostitutes in the Wild West.[3] It premièred at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jon Sanders". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  2. ^ "Filmography". Roger A. Deakins. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  3. ^ French, Philip (1999-06-20). "This week's videos". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  4. ^ "Painted Angels". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 2014-08-28.