Lara Juliette Sanders (Lombardo Films GmbH)
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Lara Juliette Sanders (Lombardo Films GmbH)
About me
There she worked her way up through all levels, beginning with WDR (ARD: First German Broadcasting Station) as a radio presenter and producer and thereafter transferring to the television side hosting tv programs and finally taking on the highly responsible job of TV-producer.
Being involved with program development, she was often consulted on creative issues and became fascinated with film-directing. She started learning continuity for Odeon Film (“Ein Fall für Zwei”) and working as an assistant director on several HFF projects, such as “Talks”, directed by Mickel Rentsch.
Lara Juliette Sanders finally made her way up the professional ladder and, in 2000, she began to direct her first own movies. Later, in 2003, she started to direct and produce worldwide (e.g. Europe, North/ Middle America and Africa) for Lombardo Films in Munich.
Her first feature documentary “CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT” has become a very successful enterprise, currently winning awards worldwide (“Best Foreign Film”, Gloria Film Festival, Utah 2007; “Best Feature Documentary”, Thin Line Festival, Texas 2007; “Best Documentary” and “Young Audience Award”, Int. Film Festival, Dijon 2007;
2nd Prize at Planète Couleurs, St. Etienne 2008) and is being broadcasted on major European TV-Stations, such as ZDF/ARTE, RAI, YLE, NRK, DR and SVT.
Lara Juliette Sanders is now facing her next challenge to produce and direct her first feature film based on her book “UP AND AWAY”, soon to be published in Germany.
“THE REAL DAKTARI”, her second feature documentary, is following in the footsteps of “CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT” and has also been sold to ZDF/ARTE and has already been nominated at International Film Festivals for 2008.