Biographie
Producer Jonathan Sanger has built a successful career spanning over 40 years in both film and theatre production. His films have earned 3 Academy Awards, 21 Academy Award nominations, a British Academy Film Award, a French Cesar, and numerous other accolades.
Jonathan's producing credits include notable films such as The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch and starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt; Frances, featuring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard; Without Limits, with Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland; Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz; and The Producers - The Musical, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. More recently, he produced Chapter & Verse, starring Loretta Divine, Daniel Beaty, and Amari Hardwick, as well as Marshall, featuring Chadwick Boseman, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad, and Sterling K. Brown.
In addition to producing, Sanger has directed over 15 episodic TV shows, including Twin Peaks, Wiseguy, and LA Law. His directing work includes the film Code Name Emerald, starring Ed Harris and Max Von Sydow, and Down Came A Blackbird, featuring Laura Dern and Vanessa Redgrave, which received three Cable Ace Award nominations. He has also directed several made-for-TV movies, written and directed the short film Peacemaker with Lucas Haas for PBS, which won the Houston International Film Festival's first prize for Best Short Subject. Jonathan earned both a BA and a Master's degree in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania. He also served three years in the Peace Corps in South America and is fluent in Spanish.
