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Saul Zaentz

1921 - 2014

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Saul Zaentz (; February 28, 1921 – January 3, 2014) was an American film producer and 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, primarily financed by the profits from Creedence Clearwater Revival, was marked by a dedication to the adaptation of novels. A prolific reader, Zaentz typically did not produce original screenplays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saul Zaentz is the 42nd most popular producer (up from 43rd in 2019), the 5,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,924th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Saul Zaentz ranks 42 out of 140. Before him are Andrew G. Vajna, Alberto Grimaldi, Erich Pommer, Luis Rodríguez, Boney Kapoor, and Mike Todd. After him are Michael G. Wilson, David Heyman, Stephen J. Cannell, John Wells, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., and Hal B. Wallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Saul Zaentz ranks 243. Before him are Ziya Bunyadov, Samuel T. Cohen, Edith Farkas, Ernesto Vidal, Bengt Danielsson, and Alenush Terian. After him are Giuseppe Delfino, Frédéric Dard, Judy Holliday, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Maria Gorokhovskaya, and Jack Clayton. Among people deceased in 2014, Saul Zaentz ranks 231. Before him are René Llense, Marilyn Burns, Francesco Marchisano, Yuri Lyubimov, Stanisław Mikulski, and José Wilker. After him are Ryhor Baradulin, Said Akl, Mithat Bayrak, José Emilio Pacheco, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, and Maria Lassnig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Zaentz ranks 5,518 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Thompson (1954), Jessica Drake (1974), Janet Hubert (1956), Beau Biden (1969), Diana Hyland (1936), and Pat McCormick (1930). After him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Mike Castle (1939), Mark White (1940), Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Allen Iverson (1975).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Saul Zaentz ranks 20. Before him are Irving Thalberg (1899), Don Simpson (1943), Dick Wolf (1946), Marc Platt (1957), Fred Quimby (1886), and Mike Todd (1909). After him are Michael G. Wilson (1942), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), John Wells (1956), Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926), Hal B. Wallis (1898), and Gale Anne Hurd (1955).

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