Ian Sander
| Ian Sander | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1947 United States |
| Died | 3 May 2016 (aged 68) United States |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Moses |
| Children | 2 |
Ian Sander (November 22, 1947 – May 3, 2016) was a principal in Sander/Moses Productions, where he has both developed and served as an executive producer on over 300 hours of dramatic prime-time television programming.
After graduating with a B.S. from the University of Southern California and attending Loyola Law School, Sander began his career as an actor. He worked in both American and European television, movies and theater, including co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway show, No Place to Be Somebody.
Transitioning into production, Sander's earliest producing credits include the theatrical film noir thriller D.O.A. and the feature Everybody's All-American.
Sander was Executive Producer and Director of the hit CBS drama Ghost Whisperer, and he has co-authored the show's companion book, Ghost Whisperer Spirit Guide. He has also co-created the award-winning Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side webseries.
Ian's other television executive producer credits include Profiler, The Beast, New York News, and For the People, all of which he also directed, and Brimstone. Sander was a producer of the Emmy Award-winning series Equal Justice and the Emmy Award-winning two-hour series pilot I'll Fly Away.
While Sander was executive producer of I’ll Fly Away, it was the recipient of many honors including: Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, Humanities Awards, Golden Globe Awards, The American Television Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, Producers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Awards, NAACP Image Awards, The Television Critics Association Awards and Anti-Defamation League Artistic Achievement Award. In honor of his achievements with the series, Sander was named Television Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America.
Among his television movie executive producer credits are “Ali, An American Hero,” the Emmy Award–winning “Stolen Babies,” “Kansas,” “Chasing the Dragon”, which he directed, and “I’ll Fly Away: Then and Now,” which he also directed, and for which he garnered a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Dramatic Special by the Directors Guild of America.
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