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Saul Zaentz

February 28, 1921 — Passaic, New Jersey, USA

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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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

Amadeus

Amadeus

1984

The English Patient

The English Patient

1996

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

1978

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts

2006

The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

1986

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

1991