Lara Juliette Sanders
Lara Juliette Sanders is a German director, producer and TV personality. She first gained media attention after winning a lifetime achievement award for her period-spanning feature documentary "Celebration of Flight".
Career
Sanders studied communication science and business administration at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and worked as a freelance journalist for the Bayerischer Rundfunk and ZDF. From 1996 she worked at Westdeutscher Rundfunk as a producer and host while script supervising at Odeon Film. Subsequently, Sanders was responsible for the development of new television pilots at Teletime TV Production as an executive producer.
In 2000 Sanders left her hometown in Germany and met the Swedish pilot Daniel Rundstroem on the island of Dominica, who is the real-life character of Sander's debut film Celebration of Flight. After filming for over 4 years, the award-winning feature-documentary was completed and broadcast in Germany (ZDF, Arte ), Italy ( RAI ), Sweden ( SVT), Finland ( YLE ), Denmark ( DR ) Norway ( NRK ), and France (France2). Lara received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences in regards to her directorial debut.[1][2][3][4][5]
Selected Filmography
Director and Writer
- 2016 Truth for Foods
- 2007 The Real Daktari
- 2007 Celebration of Flight
Producer
- 2016 Truth for Foods
- 2016 Hanna's Sleeping Dogs
- 2007 The Real Daktari
- 2007 Celebration of Flight
Awards
- Special Jury Prize for Celebration of Flight at Barcelona International Film Festival.
- Best Documentary award for Celebration of Flight at Gloria Film Festival.
- Best Feature Documentary Director's Award for Celebration of Flight at Texas Film Festival[6][7][8][9]
References
- "CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT". German Documentaries.
- ""Goodbye Deutschland"-Star Lara Sanders Skurrile Hochzeit: Sie heiratet im Videostream". Bunte.de.
- "Personal Info Lara Juliette Sanders". Germanfilms.de.
- "Richard Häussler". Film Portal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Lara Juliette Sanders".
- "Lara Sanders erhält zusammen mit Daniel Rundstroem Preis für ihr Lebenswerk auf Dominica -"Über allen Horizonten"/"Celebration of Flight"- der weltweit preisgekrönte Film hat seine Premiere auf Dominica".
- "Gloria Film Festival 2007 awards".
- "Barcelona International Film Festival 2009 awards".
- "Le palmarès du 29e festival international du film d'aventure de Dijon".