Saul Zaentz

Known for: Production
Born: February 28, 1921, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Died: January 3, 2014
Movies: 17

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.

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Best-Known Movies

8.4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

8.0

Amadeus

1984

7.1

The English Patient

1996

6.6

The Lord of the Rings

1978

6.6

Goya's Ghosts

2006

6.8

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

6.6

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

1991

6.5

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009

7.6

The Making of 'Amadeus'

2002

5.7

Completely Cuckoo

1997

Filmography

2009	Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…	Self
2009	Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Self
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Self
2006	Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'	Self
2002	The Making of 'Amadeus'	Self - Producer
2002	Heart of the Festival	Self (archive footage)
1997	Completely Cuckoo	Self
1976	TVTV Looks at the Oscars	Self
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Captain on Shore (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2006	Goya's Ghosts	Producer
1996	The English Patient	Producer
1991	At Play in the Fields of the Lord	Producer
1988	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Producer
1984	Amadeus	Producer
1978	The Lord of the Rings	Producer
1977	Three Warriors	Producer
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Producer

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