Scott Sanders

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Scott Sanders

Born January 1, 1957 · St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (age 69)

Scott Sanders (born 1957) is an American television producer, film producer and theatre producer. His theatrical musical version of Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple, for which he was a lead producer alongside co-producers Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones, premiered on Broadway in 2005, garnering 11 Tony Award Nominations including Best Musical. He also produced the 2016 Broadway revival of The…

Known For

The Color PurpleThe Color Purple · 2023
The Color Purple
★ 7.02023
MovieDrama
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
In the HeightsIn the Heights · 2021
In the Heights
★ 7.12021
MovieDramaRomance
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
The Odd Life of Timothy GreenThe Odd Life of Timothy Green · 2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
★ 7.02012
MovieFantasyDrama
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Hard MilesHard Miles · 2024
Hard Miles
★ 6.92024
MovieDrama
A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling Team. This is the story of how these troubled young men found another gear.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
MovieMusicFamily
The modernized story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Plot TBA.
Up HereUp Here · 2023
Up Here
★ 6.42023
SeriesComedy
Set in New York City in 1999, Lindsay and Miguel fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads.
Young AmericansYoung Americans · 2000
Young Americans
★ 7.32000
SeriesDrama
Young Americans is an American television drama. Portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training on the lake. The show explores themes of forbidden love, morality, social classes and gender roles.
CupidCupid · 1998
Cupid
★ 7.31998
SeriesDramaComedy
Trevor Hale is an attractive, sarcastic and irreverent man who claims to be Cupid, the Roman god of love, and has descended from Mount Olympus to work on Earth.

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