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Sandy Whitelaw

Sandy Whitelaw

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1930-04-28

Birth Place

London, England

Movies and TV shows :

All Fired Up

All Fired Up

1982

6.0

Movie
Beau Pere

Beau Pere

1981

6.7

Movie
Broken English

Broken English

1981

6.0

Movie
Enigma

Enigma

1982

5.6

Movie
I Could Be Your Grandmother

I Could Be Your Grandmother

2010

0.0

Movie
In a Rush

In a Rush

2012

5.2

Movie
Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar

1979

5.4

Movie
Like a Turtle on Its Back

Like a Turtle on Its Back

1978

3.2

Movie
Music Videos

Music Videos

2001

6.2

Movie
Mylène Farmer: Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (Libertine II)

Mylène Farmer: Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (Libertine II)

1988

7.2

Movie
Notorious Nobodies

Notorious Nobodies

1984

0.0

Movie
Robert et Robert

Robert et Robert

1978

6.3

Movie
The American Friend

The American Friend

1977

7.2

Movie
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

6.9

Movie
The Sorceror's Apprentice

The Sorceror's Apprentice

1977

6.0

Movie
Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)

Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)

1976

5.0

Movie