Sandy Whitelaw

Sandy Whitelaw

  • Birthday: 1930-04-28
  • Deathday: 2015-02-20
  • Place of birth: London, England
  • Also know as: Alexander Whitelaw

Biography

Alexander "Sandy" Whitelaw (28 April 1930 – 20 February 2015) was a British actor, producer, director and subtitler. Whitelaw was born in London and educated in Switzerland, the UK and the United States. He represented Britain as a skier in the 1956 Olympics. Whitelaw's film career began when he worked as an assistant to the producer David O. Selznick on the 1957 film A Farewell to Arms. He also worked for the production company Hecht-Lancaster. He went on to work for United Artists in a number of capacities, including as head of production for UA Europe. At this time he was based in London and worked on films including Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1972), Federico Fellini’s Roma (1972) and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Decameron (1971). He directed two films: Lifespan (1974), which starred Klaus Kinski, and Vicious Circles (1997), which starred Ben Gazzara. He acted in a number of films including The American Friend (1977), Broken English (1981) and The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005). Whitelaw began to work as a subtitler in the 1970s in Paris. It was the producer Pierre Cottrell who suggested that he subtitle Jean Eustache's film Mes petites amoureuses. He continued to work as a subtitler for four decades. Whitelaw provided English subtitles for more than 1,000 films over a period of several decades. He once called it "like getting paid to do crosswords". One of the more challenging jobs he took on was the subtitling, with Stephen O'Shea, of Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film La Haine. Their subtitles for this film received considerable critical attention. Source: Article "Sandy Whitelaw" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Like a Turtle on Its Back

1978

As Prokosch

Music Videos

2001

As Self

I Could Be Your Grandmother

2010

As Le big boss

Broken English

1981

As Arms Dealer

The American Friend

1977

As Doctor in Paris

In a Rush

2012

As Homme veillee

Robert et Robert

1978

As Le guide anglais

Beau Pere

1981

As Le père de la jeune fille

All Fired Up

1982

As

Lady Oscar

1979

As Un invité au bal noir

Enigma

1982

As

Production

Lifespan

1975

As Director

Vicious Circles

1997

As Director

The Night of the Iguana

1964

As Associate Producer

Taras Bulba

1962

As Associate Producer

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

As Associate Producer

Kings of the Sun

1963

As Associate Producer

The Night of the Iguana

1964

As Producer

Kings of the Sun

1963

As Producer

Lifespan

1975

As Producer

Lifespan

1975

As Writer

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