Jon Sanders (director) explained

Jon Sanders (born 1 April 1943 in Kent^[1]) is a British film director. His first feature film Painted Angels was released in 1997.

After Cambridge, Sanders studied film at the Slade School of Fine Art under Thorold Dickinson. As a sound recordist he worked on From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China which won the 1981 Academy Award for best feature-length documentary.

In the 1980s he made documentaries for television which included Then When the World Changed (1983) for Channel 4, co-directed with cameraman Roger Deakins.^[2]

Directing

Sanders' feature film Painted Angels starring Kelly McGillis and Brenda Fricker was about the lives of prostitutes in the Wild West.^[3] It premièred at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.^[4]

References

1. Web site: Jon Sanders. 2014-08-28. IMDb.
2. News: Filmography. Roger A. Deakins. en-US. 2016-12-13.
3. Web site: This week's videos. 1999-06-20. 2014-08-28. The Guardian. French. Philip.
4. Web site: Painted Angels. 2014-08-28. International Film Festival Rotterdam.