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Saul Zaentz

American film producer and record company executive (1921-2014) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 92

Saul Zaentz 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.

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2014Died3 January 20142009Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestFilm2007Fog City MavericksFilm2006Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'Film2002Heart of the FestivalFilm1997Academy Award for Best PictureAwardCompletely CuckooFilm, 19971996The English PatientFilm, Producer1991At Play in the Fields of the LordFilm, Producer1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingFilm, Producer1986The Mosquito CoastFilm, Producer1985Academy Award for Best PictureAward1984AmadeusFilm, Producer1978The South Bank ShowSeriesThe Lord of the RingsFilm, 1978Producer1977Three WarriorsFilm, Producer1976Academy Award for Best PictureAwardTVTV Looks at the OscarsFilm, 19761975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestFilm, Producer1953The OscarsSeries1921Born28 February 1921

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Close ties

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
  • Amadeus 1984
  • The English Patient 1996
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988
  • Goya's Ghosts 2006

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 17

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Television 2

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture1997
Academy Award for Best Picture1985
Academy Award for Best Picture1976
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
BAFTA Fellowship

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2014 · aged 92