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Dirk Sanders(1933-2002)

  • Director
  • Choreography
  • Actor
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Dirk Sanders was born on 24 December 1933 in Buitenzorg, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies [now Bogor, West Java, Indonesia]. He was a director and actor, known for You Only Love Once (1968), Castle Keep (1969) and Ainsi font font font (1990). He was married to Annie Fargue and Karen Blanguernon. He died on 26 July 2002 in Paris, France.
BornDecember 24, 1933
DiedJuly 26, 2002(68)
BornDecember 24, 1933
DiedJuly 26, 2002(68)
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Known for

You Only Love Once (1968)
You Only Love Once
7.5
  • Director
  • 1968
Burt Lancaster in Castle Keep (1969)
Castle Keep
6.1
  • Choreography
  • 1969
Ainsi font font font (1990)
Ainsi font font font
TV Series
  • Director
La petite auto (1971)
La petite auto
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1971

Credits

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Director

  • DAS! (1991)
    DAS!
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2022–2023
  • L'Arlésienne (1997)
    L'Arlésienne
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Le monde est à vous (1987)
    Le monde est à vous
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Ainsi font font font (1990)
    Ainsi font font font
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992–1996
  • De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994)
    De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991
    7.3
    Video
    • Director (segments "Le poinçonneur des Lilas", "Les papillons noirs")
    • 1994
  • Champs-Elysées (1982)
    Champs-Elysées
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1982–1990
  • L'ange bleu (1988)
    L'ange bleu
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Le chat botté
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Cinderella
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Dimanche Martin (1980)
    Dimanche Martin
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985–1986
  • Jacques Martin in L'école des fans (1977)
    L'école des fans
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977–1986
  • Plaisir du théâtre (1983)
    Plaisir du théâtre
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Tosca (1982)
    Tosca
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Le village dans les nuages (1982)
    Le village dans les nuages
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1982–1985
  • Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982)
    Emmenez-moi au théâtre
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1982

Choreography

  • Burt Lancaster in Castle Keep (1969)
    Castle Keep
    6.1
    • choreographer
    • 1969
  • Jacques Higelin in Sept jours ailleurs (1968)
    Sept jours ailleurs
    6.6
    • choreographer
    • 1968
  • The Paris Collections: Fall Fashion Preview
    TV Special
    • choreographer
    • 1968
  • Si Perrault m'était conté (1966)
    Si Perrault m'était conté
    TV Mini Series
    • choreographer
    • 1966
  • Ubu roi (1965)
    Ubu roi
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1965
  • Happy New Yves
    TV Special
    • choreography
    • 1965
  • Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960)
    Le théâtre de la jeunesse
    7.7
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • 1964
  • Passing show
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • 1963
  • Hold-up à Bercy (1962)
    Hold-up à Bercy
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1962
  • L'empire de la nuit (1962)
    L'empire de la nuit
    5.1
    • choreographer
    • 1962
  • Les échos du cinéma (1961)
    Les échos du cinéma
    TV Series
    • choreographer: "La femme-femme"
    • 1961
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell in White Nights (1957)
    White Nights
    7.7
    • choreographer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Le violon de l'orphéon (1957)
    Le violon de l'orphéon
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1957
  • Monsieur Muguet s'évade (1956)
    Monsieur Muguet s'évade
    TV Movie
    • choreography
    • 1956
  • Recréation
    Short
    • choreographer
    • 1956

Actor

  • Ann
    TV Movie
    • 1967
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina in Pierrot le fou (1965)
    Pierrot le fou
    7.4
    • Fred - le frère de Marianne (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Quoat-Quoat (1964)
    Quoat-Quoat
    TV Movie
    • 1964
  • Blague dans le coin (1963)
    Blague dans le coin
    5.4
    • Balletmaster
    • 1963
  • Hold-up à Bercy (1962)
    Hold-up à Bercy
    TV Movie
    • Joe
    • 1962
  • Le navire étoile (1962)
    Le navire étoile
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Eddy Burns
    • 1962
  • Le tout pour le tout (1962)
    Le tout pour le tout
    • Michel
    • 1962
  • A Very Private Affair (1962)
    A Very Private Affair
    5.6
    • Dick
    • 1962
  • Black Tights (1960)
    Black Tights
    5.9
    • Pierrot (segment "The Diamond Cruncher")
    • 1960
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell in White Nights (1957)
    White Nights
    7.7
    • Il ballerino (as Dick Sanders)
    • 1957
  • Monsieur Muguet s'évade (1956)
    Monsieur Muguet s'évade
    TV Movie
    • 1956

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Personal details

  • Official sites
    • France's national library catalogue
    • INA (french)
  • Alternative name
    • Dick Sanders
  • Born
    • December 24, 1933
    • Buitenzorg, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies [now Bogor, West Java, Indonesia]
  • Died
    • July 26, 2002
    • Paris, France(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Annie FargueAugust 1, 1958 - 1961 (1 child)
  • Children
    • Tessa Sanders

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