Sarah Pillsbury

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Sarah Kimball Pillsbury , married Kletter (born February 20, 1951 in New York City ) is an American film producer .

Live and act

Sarah Pillsbury was born in New York and grew up in the city of Wayzata , Minnesota . Until 1969 she attended the Concord Academy in Massachusetts . She then completed a degree at Yale University , which she graduated with a BA in 1974 . She then moved to Los Angeles and studied at UCLA Film School . In 1976 she co-founded and long-time contributor to the Liberty Hill Foundation, which promotes progressive grassroots activists and organizations in Los Angeles.

Pillsbury first appeared in the film industry as an associate producer of the award-winning documentary The California Reich , a film about neo-Nazis in California. In 1979 she produced the short film drama Board and Care , for which she and director Ron Ellis received an Oscar . The short film is about two young people with Down syndrome who want to have a love affair.

From 1980 Pillsbury worked with Midge Sanford . In 1984 they founded the film production company Sanford / Pillsbury Productions and together produced nine feature films. Her most successful co-productions include the comedy Susan… Desperately Wanted, starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna, and the drama Das Messer am Ufer .

Pillsbury lives in Venice , Los Angeles. She is married to Richard Kletter. The marriage produced a daughter and a son.

Filmography

  • 1975: The California Reich (documentary)
  • 1979: Board and Care (short film)
  • 1985: Susan Desperately Seeking ... ( Desperately Seeking Susan )
  • 1986: The Knife on the Bank ( River's Edge )
  • 1988: Eight Men Out ( Eight Men Out )
  • 1989: Second Hand Family ( Immediate Family )
  • 1991: Cocaine - War for White Gold (TV movie, Seeds of Tragedy )
  • 1992: Love Field - Field of Love ( Love Field )
  • 1993: ... and life goes on ( And the Band Played On )
  • 1994: Pretty Contessa - False princess seeks true love (TV movie, The Counterfeit Contessa )
  • 1995: Blackmail (TV movie) ( Letter to My Killer )
  • 1995: An American Quilt ( How to Make an American Quilt )
  • 1998: The Tic Code
  • 1999: The Love Letter ( The Love Letter )
  • 1999: The Joyriders
  • 2001: Nailed
  • 2008: Quid Pro Quo

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Immediate Family, Production Notes sonymoviechannel.com, accessed January 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. usc.edu, accessed January 4, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usc.edu
  3. ^ Academy Awards Acceptance Speeches, Board and Care aaspeechesdb.oscars.org, accessed January 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Sarah Pillsbury Biography filmreference.com, accessed January 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Pillsbury, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kletter, Sarah (married name); Pillsbury, Sarah Kimball (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City