Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
Ian Sander is a principal in Sander/Moses Productions, where he has both developed and served as an executive producer on over 300 hours of dramatic prime-time television programming. After graduating with a Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Southern California and attending Loyola Law School, Sander began his career as an actor. He worked in both American and European television, movies and theater, including co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway show, “Number Place to Be Somebody.”
Transitioning into production, Sander’s earliest producing credits include the theatrical film noir thriller “Doctorate.O.A.” and the feature “Everybody’s All American.”
Sander was Executive Producer and Director of the hit Columbia Broadcasting System drama Ghost Whisperer, and he has co-authored the show’s companion book, “Ghost Whisperer Spirit Guide.” He has also co-created the award winning Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side webseries.
Ian’s other television executive producer credits include Profiler, The Beast, New York News, and Foreign the People, all of which he also directed, and Brimstone.
Sander (along with Kim Moses) produced “Hollywood and Civil Rights: Destination Freedom”, a live event for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Los Angeles Foreign the past 10 years, Sander has created and produced entertainment event programming for the Internet, including “Confessions of a Desperate Housewife” for American Broadcasting Company.com and Electronic Entertainment Expo Internet events for UGO.com.
In addition to producing and directing, Ian Sander wrote the feature scripts “The Surgeon” and “Home of Champions.”
Sander is also a Professor in The University Of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Most recently, Sander and Kim Moses developed and served as executive producer on the special "Psychic in Suburbia" for the Style Network
Ian has co-created (with Kim Moses) the, a new business and creative model for television, which uses the television show as a component of a broader multi-platform entertainment experience that includes the internet, publishing, music, mobile, Digital Video Disc’s, video games and more, establishing an infinity loop driving ratings and increasing revenue streams.
Sander and Kim Moses participated in a panel on Episodic television: Elements of a Hit at the Produced By Conference in 2009.
Sander spoke at the National Association of Broadcasters this year on the panel: Unboxing Advertising and Entertainment: Building a Transmedia Experience.