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Saul Zaentz (/ ˈ z æ n t s /; 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.
- American
- January 3, 2014 (aged 92), San Francisco, California, United States
- February 28, 1921, Passaic, New Jersey, United States
- Rutgers University
Saul Zaentz (1921-2014) was an independent film producer who made The English Patient, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and more. He started as a gambler and a record label owner, and cultivated relationships with distributors worldwide.
- January 1, 1
- Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- San Francisco, California, USA
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Jan 4, 2014 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Saul Zaentz, a music producer whose second career as a filmmaker brought him best-picture Academy Awards for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” ’'Amadeus” and “The English Patient,” has died. He was 92.
Jan 5, 2014 · Saul Zaentz, an acclaimed independent film producer who adapted literary works for the screen and won best-picture Academy Awards for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Amadeus” and...
Jan 6, 2014 · Film producer Saul Zaentz, who won best picture Oscars for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient, has died aged 92. A Hollywood heavyweight, Zaentz...
Jan 4, 2014 · Saul Zaentz was a record producer turned movie mogul who won three best picture Oscars for his adaptations of literary classics. He also produced The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and was involved in many legal battles over rights and royalties.
Saul Zaentz was born in 1921 in Passaic, New Jersey of Russian-Polish immigrants. At the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the US Army, serving on troop transports in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean, rising to the rank of sergeant major.
