---
name: "Tim Sanders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-sanders"
fi1m_id: "tim-sanders"
imdb_id: "nm0761744"
tmdb_id: 15292
wikidata_id: "Q22676727"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:09:12.664195+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tim Sanders

## Identity

Tim Sanders

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-sanders
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-sanders
- **IMDb ID:** nm0761744
- **TMDB ID:** 15292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22676727
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22676727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15292

Producer. Born in Adelaide, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22676727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15292

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md) (90)

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## Biography

Tim Sanders is an Australian-born film producer based in New Zealand. He studied film as part of an arts degree at Flinders University in Adelaide during the 1970s.

He began his career in Australia as a unit manager and production manager before producing feature films and television. Sanders worked on Peter Jackson's *The Frighteners* (1996) and served as a producer on *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001). He later produced *Whale Rider* (2002) and other New Zealand productions including *Perfect Creature* (2007).

Sanders has won two BAFTA Awards, an Australian Film Institute Award and an MTV Award, and received a Golden Globe nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kiwi Christmas* (2017), Producer
- *Perfect Creature* (2007), Producer
- *Whale Rider* (2003), Producer
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)
- *Never Mind the Wall* (2001), as Hacki
- *Lawless: Beyond Justice* (2001), Producer
- *Aberration* (1998), Producer
- *Traps* (1994), Line Producer
- *Reckless Kelly* (1993), Line Producer
- *Iran: Days of Crisis* (1991), series, Supervising Producer
- *Angel in Green* (1987), Producer
- *The Last Frontier* (1986), series, Producer
- *Melvin, Son of Alvin* (1984), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *Razorback* (1984), Associate Producer
- *Return to Eden* (1983), series, Producer
- *Race for the Yankee Zephyr* (1981), Unit Manager
- *The Survivor* (1981), Location Manager

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