In 1991, he created and produced a short-lived Saturday morning children's show built around the comedy and western band Riders In The Sky.
He produced a number of made-for-television movies in the 70's and 80's, including Women at West Point in 1979; Twirl in 1981; Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story in 1982; and A Cry for Love[4] among others.
In 1984, after a project involving the band The Runaways imploded, he took the footage and incorporated it into a plot about a director working under the gun to finish a movie starring Joan Jett.
The resulting film, Du-Beat-e-o, set against the backdrop of the then-burgeoning L.A. Hardcore Punk scene, starred Ray Sharkey and Derf Scratch of the band Fear.
Sacks also produced several documentaries, including Elko: The Cowboy Gathering,[7] in 1994, and the video His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Compassion as a Source Of Happiness in 2007.