Saul Zaentz

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Saul Zaentz was an American film producer and former record company executive best known for producing acclaimed films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, and The English Patient.


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instanceOf film producer
human
record company executive
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
basedIn Berkeley, California
businessModel independent production financing
collaboratedWith Anthony Minghella
Miloš Forman
Philip Kaufman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Fantasy Records
familyName Zaentz
fieldOfWork film production
music production
genre biographical film
drama film
historical drama film
givenName Saul
hasNotableCompany The Saul Zaentz Company
Tolkien Enterprises (licensing arm of The Saul Zaentz Company)
hasPartInHisCareer transition from record executive to film producer
industry film industry
music industry
influenced independent film financing practices
knownFor holding film and merchandising rights to certain J. R. R. Tolkien works
independent film production
producing literary adaptations
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Saul Zaentz
notableFor producing multiple Academy Award-winning films
notableWork Amadeus (1984 film)
Amadeus (film)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (film)
Goya’s Ghosts (film)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975 film)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film)
The English Patient (1996 film)
The English Patient (film)
The Mosquito Coast (film)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (producer credit association)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
occupation businessperson
film producer
record executive
positionHeld owner of Fantasy Records
sexOrGender male
workLocation California

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The English Patient
producer
Saul Zaentz
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