Moviemaker of the Week: Terry Sanders

by MovieMaker Staff | Published May 14, 2007

As one half of the American Film Foundation, director Terry Sanders has contributed to the company’s three Oscar wins, 10 nominations, two Emmy awards and three nods from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. To date, the Foundation’s small team has completed over 60 films--and on May 15th, it will add one more to the list as Sanders premieres his latest film, Fighting for Life at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

The movie, originally a documentary about the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, turned into a larger-than-life account of the medical services provided to the armed forces fighting in Iraq and those who return home injured. From the National Naval Medical Center in Washington and Bethesda to the battlegrounds of Iraq and back to the now infamous Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Sanders follows one woman’s journey to cope with her new disfigurement and the other considerable results with which the country is embroiled.

According to Sanders, he and partner Freida Lee Mock were looking to “explore new cinematic territory and break new ground in the production of the extraordinary, powerful and entertaining award-winning films on the arts, sciences and humanities.” To that end, the American Film Foundation was formed in 1976. AFF is currently in production on the documentary Wrestling with Angels, which chronicles the life of playwright Tony Kushner and Tokyo Rose/American Patriot, about the first woman in America to be convicted of treason. For more information visit www.americanfilmfoundation.com. To read more about Fighting for Life, head to www.fightingforlifethemovie.com.

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Comment by Ryan Pratt on 5/17/07 at 2:20 pm

Good stuff! I was wondering your opinion on this - Best Long Takes in Film History?

http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/7019/Movies/Greatest+Long+Takes+in+Film.aspx

If you can think of any others add them to the list please! Thanks.

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Comment by webmaster on 6/13/07 at 2:10 am

The actual website for the film is http://www.fightingforlifethemovie.com

Thanks for highlighting Terry Sanders!

Tiff

Comment by sniper22 on 9/05/11 at 12:09 pm

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Comment by sniper22 on 9/05/11 at 12:10 pm

thank you a lots
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