Saul Zaentz
Born: 1921-02-28 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2014-01-03
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2009
2007
- Fog City Mavericks as Self
2006
- Goya's Ghosts ... (Producer)
- Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' as Self
2002
- The Making of 'Amadeus' as Self - Producer
1997
- Completely Cuckoo as Self
1996
- The English Patient ... (Producer)
1991
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord ... (Producer)
1988
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being ... (Producer)
1986
- The Mosquito Coast ... (Executive Producer)
1984
- Amadeus ... (Producer)
1978
- The Lord of the Rings ... (Producer)
1977
- Three Warriors ... (Producer)
1976
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
1975
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Captain on Shore (uncredited)
1953
- The Oscars as Self