Sandy Whitelaw

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-04-28

Deathday 2015-02-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth London, England

Also Known As Alexander Whitelaw

Sandy 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.

Known For

Actor

2012
In a Rush

as Homme veillee

2010
2001
Music Videos

as Self

1982
1981
Broken English

as Arms Dealer

1981
Beau Pere

as Le père de la jeune fille

1979
Lady Oscar

as Un invité au bal noir

1978
Robert et Robert

as Le guide anglais

1977
The American Friend

as Doctor in Paris

Producer

1975
Lifespan

as Producer

1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Associate Producer

1964
The Night of the Iguana

as Associate Producer

1964
1963
Kings of the Sun

as Associate Producer

1963
Kings of the Sun

as Producer

1962
Taras Bulba

as Associate Producer

Director

1997
Vicious Circles

as Director

1975
Lifespan

as Director

Writer

1975
Lifespan

as Writer