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Ian Sander
BornNovember 22, 1947
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 68)
Malibu, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationTelevision producer
SpouseKim Moses
Children2

Ian Sander (November 22, 1947 – May 3, 2016) was an American television producer, whose works include Ghost Whisperer and Profiler. He was a principal in Sander/Moses Productions.

Biography

Sander was born in New York City.[1] He graduated with a B.S. from the University of Southern California and attended Loyola Law School.[1]

Sander worked as an actor and then as a producer by forming Kaleidoscope Films with Laura Ziskin.[1] Sander's early producer 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 CBS drama Ghost Whisperer, and he co-authored the show's companion book, Ghost Whisperer Spirit Guide. He also co-created the award-winning Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side webseries.[2]

Sander'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. He was also named Television Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America.

His television movie executive producer credits include 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.

Sander (along with his wife Kim Moses) produced Hollywood and Civil Rights: Destination Freedom, a live event for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.[3]

For ten years, Sander created and produced entertainment event programming for the Internet, including Confessions of a Desperate Housewife for ABC.com and Electronic Entertainment Expo Internet events for UGO.com.[4]

Sander and Kim Moses developed and served as executive producers on the special Psychic in Suburbia for the Style Network.[5]

In addition to producing and directing, Ian Sander wrote the feature scripts The Surgeon and Home of Champions.[6]

He was also a professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

Total Engagement Experience

Sander co-created (with Kim Moses) the "Total Engagement Experience," which is a way they described their promotional efforts for television series.[7]

Speaking engagements

Sander and Kim Moses participated in a panel on "Episodic TV: Elements of a Hit" at the Produced By Conference in 2009. Sander spoke at the National Association of Broadcasters in 2010 on the panel "Unboxing Advertising and Entertainment: Building a Transmedia Experience".[8]

Personal life and death

Sander married Kim Moses in 1994,[9] and they had two children, Aaron and Declan.[10][11] He died after a heart attack in his home in Malibu, California on May 3, 2016, at the age of 68.[9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Boy-in-Tub
1974 The Swinging Cheerleaders Ron
1976 God's Gun Red Clayton

References

  1. ^ a b c Anderson, Tre'vell (May 9, 2016). "Ian Sander, 'Ghost Whisperer' producer, dies at 68". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Breathing Life (and Death) Into Friday Night". The New York Times. 20 September 2009.
  3. ^ Army Archerd (15 August 2000). "Clinton fetes Wasserman". Variety.
  4. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4896272-1.html[dead link]
  5. ^ AJ Marechal (22 July 2011). "Style fields psychic spesh". Variety.
  6. ^ http://sandermoses.com/
  7. ^ Keith Marder (3 March 2010). "Internet helps spread 'Ghost' story". Variety.
  8. ^ "NAB Show Super Session to feature producers from 'Heroes', 'Ghost Whisperer'".
  9. ^ a b Barnes, Mike; Rose, Lacey (May 4, 2018). "Ian Sander, Executive Producer on 'Ghost Whisperer,' Dies at 68". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  10. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 4, 2016). "TV Producer Ian Sander Dies At 68". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  11. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (May 4, 2016). "Ian Sander, Prolific TV Producer Behind 'Ghost Whisperer,' Dies at 68". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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