Saul Zaentz
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Saul Zaentz (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 Carrière and Miloš Forman.
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Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Oscar wins | Oscar nominations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Payday | Daryl Duke | ||
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Miloš Forman | 5 | 9 |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Ralph Bakshi | ||
| 1978 | Three Warriors | Kieth Merrill | ||
| 1984 | Amadeus | Miloš Forman | 8 | 11 |
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Peter Weir | ||
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | 2 | |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Héctor Babenco | ||
| 1996 | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | 9 | 12 |
| 2005 | Goya's Ghosts | Miloš Forman |
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