Saul Zaentz

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saul Zaentz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Fog City MavericksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestThe Making of 'Amadeus'The OscarsMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…TVTV Looks at the OscarsCompletely CuckooMaking of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestEmotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'