He has collaborated extensively with director David Cronenberg. Since 1979, he has edited most of Cronenberg"s films. 2007 Satellite Award for Best Film Editing - Eastern Promises - Nominated
2006 Online Film Critics Society Awards OFCS Award for Best Editing - A History of Violence - Nominated
1998 (spring) Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series - Dead Silence - Nominated.
Sanders won Genie Awards for his work on Eastern Promises (2007), eXistenZ (2000), Crash (1996), and Dead Ringers (1989). 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - Eastern Promises - Won 2006 Directors Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Picture Editing - Feature Film - A History of Violence - Won 2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards SDFCS Award for Best Editing - A History of Violence - Won 2003 Directors Guild of Canada DGC Team Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film - Spider - Won (Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film (shared with David Cronenberg, Marilyn Stonehouse, Walter Gasparovic, Penny Charter, Arvinder Grewal, Jon Hunter, Abbie Weinberg, Barbara Pullan, George Ploszczansky, John Rakich, Anna Beben, John Roy, Sue Sparling, Rachel Clarke, Jody K MacPherson, Jennifer Cote, Mike Manzato, Lynda McKenzie, Tad Seaborn, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, Tony Currie, ren-Erich Zwicker, Joanne McLeish) 2003 Directors Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing - Long Form - Spider - Nominated 2000 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - eXistenZ - Won 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - Crash - Won 1991 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing - Perfectly Normal - Nominated 1989 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing - Dead Ringers - Won 1984 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing - Videodrome - Nominated 1982 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing - Scanners - Nominated.
Ronald Sanders is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors honours society.
