Peter Sanders

Awardwinning documentary filmmaker Peter Sanders comes from a long line of filmmakers with a storied tradition in cinema who collectively have won five Oscars and two nominations He holds a graduate degree in broadcast journalism from New York University and an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Vermont Sanders range of interests include penetrating portraits of artists Altina 2014 statesponsored persecution and terror during a national holocaust The Disappeared 2008 and scientific achievements On the Shoulders of Giants The History of NYU Langone Orthopedics 2023 His first featurelength film The Disappeared 2008 was awarded a special prize for Best Documentary by the Documentary and Fiction Festival of Hollywood in 2007 Featured at 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 shown and sponsored by the United Nations 2007 After its premiere at movie theaters in Argentina Chile and Canada it was broadcast on The History Channel networks and The Documentary Channel It has been on Netflix since 2008 Importantly the film has been acquired by hundreds of academic institutions worldwide