Peter Sanders

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.