Person
Saul Zaentz
Production · 1921–2014 · Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Saul Zaentz (/ˈzænts/; February 28, 1921 – January 3, 2014) was an American film producer and former record company executive. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times and in 1996 was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Zaentz's film production career was marked by a dedication to the adaptation of the novel. A prolific reader, Zaentz typically did not produce original screenplays. His final production, Goya's Ghosts, was an exception, being an original story by Jean-Claude Carrièreand Miloš Forman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saul Zaentz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Oscars
Self
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Captain on Shore (uncredited)
Amadeus
Producer
The English Patient
Producer
The Lord of the Rings
Producer
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Producer
The Mosquito Coast
Executive Producer
Goya's Ghosts
Producer
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
Completely Cuckoo
Self
Filmography
- 2010Forging Through the Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for 'The Lord of the Rings'Thanks
- 2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…Self
- 2009Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSelf
- 2007Fog City MavericksSelf
- 2006Goya's GhostsProducer
- 2006Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'Self
- 2002The Making of 'Amadeus'Self - Producer
- 1997Completely CuckooSelf
- 1996The English PatientProducer
- 1991At Play in the Fields of the LordProducer
- 1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingProducer
- 1986The Mosquito CoastExecutive Producer
- 1984AmadeusProducer
- 1978The Lord of the RingsProducer
- 1977Three WarriorsProducer
- 1976TVTV Looks at the OscarsSelf
- 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestCaptain on Shore (uncredited)
- 1953The OscarsSelf
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