Sanders, Dirk

(1933, Djakarta, Java, Indone­sia-July 26, 2002, Paris, France)

   Of Dutch descent, he was mostly a choreographer who notably worked with such dance legends as Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit. His main activity led him to cinema, and he made his film debut as a cho­reographer and dancer (1957 Le notti bianche / Nuits blanches / UK and USA: White Nights, Federico Fellini, Italy / France). He played several supporting roles in films (1960 Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre! / Les Collants noirs / USA: Black Tights, Terence Young; 1962 Vie privée / Vita privata / UK and USA: A Very Private Affair, Louis Malle, France / Italy; 1963 Le Tout pour le Tout, Patrice Dally; Blague dans le Coin, Maurice Labro; 1965 Pierrot le Fou / Il bandito delle undici / UK and USA: Pierrot le Fou, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy) and on TV (1962 Le Navire Etoile, Alain Boudet). Other credits (as chore­ographer): 1964 Méliès, le Magicien de Montreuil-sous-Bois (TV, Jean-Christophe Averty); 1969 Castle Keep (Sydney Pollack, USA).

 Filmography

1968 ◘ Tu seras terriblement gentille / UK: Gentle Love / USA: You Only Live Once / You Only Love Once (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Princesse Czardas

        ◘ Baudelaire

1974 ◘ De Béthune au Chat noir

        ◘ Le Barbier de Séville

        ◘ Cyrano de Bergerac Gisèle

        ◘ Café Follies: Avec Marcel Amont (co-director with Karen Blanguernon)

        ◘ Carmen

        ◘ Les Intermittences du Cœur

        ◘ Les Plaisirs de l'Ile enchantée

        ◘ Tosca

        ◘ Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Schéma

1983 ◘ Bedos 83

1986 ◘ Le Chat botté / USA: Puss-In-Boots

1988 ◘ Les Enfants de la Danse (4 X 56' documentary)

1997 ◘ L'Arlésienne