Barry Sandler

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Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and film producer. His career has spanned several decades, with the 1980s being his most prolific. The openly gay Sandler is perhaps best known for writing the 1982 film Making Love, the first mainstream Hollywood film to deal seriously with issues of homosexuality and coming out. Sandler discussed Making Love in the 1995 documentary film The Celluloid Closet.

In addition to his successful writing career, Sandler also teaches screenwriting at the University of Central Florida and serves as one of the mentors to Outfest, a gay and lesbian film festival in Los Angeles.

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  • All-American Murder - 1992 (co-producer)
  • Crimes of Passion - 1984
  • Making Love - 1982 (associate producer)