Saul Zaentz
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Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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…
Known for
- Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… — Self2009
- Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Self2009
- Fog City Mavericks — Self2007
- Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' — Self2006
- The Making of 'Amadeus' — Self - Producer2002
- Completely Cuckoo — Self1997
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars — Self1976
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Captain on Shore (uncredited)1975
- The Oscars — Self1953
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-02-28 ) February 28, 1921, Passaic, New Jersey , United States
- Died
- January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03) (aged 92), San Francisco , California, United States
- Education
- Rutgers University
- Occupations
- Film producer record company executive
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Saul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Passaic
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- Rutgers University
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.zaentz.com
- Image
- Saul Zaentz with Oscar 1976 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1921-02-28
- date of death
- 2014-01-03
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films produced by Saul Zaentz
- Commons category
- Saul Zaentz
- name in native language
- Saul Zaentz
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Encyclopedic overview
Saul Zaentz (/ˈzænts/; February 28, 1921 – January 3, 2014) was an American film producer and 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, primarily financed by the profits from Creedence Clearwater Revival, was marked by a dedication to the adaptation of novels. 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 Carrière and Miloš Forman.
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