Saul Zaentz

Saul Zaentz was born on Feb 28, 1921 in USA. Saul Zaentz's big-screen debut came with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest directed by Milos Forman in 1975. Saul Zaentz is known for The English Patient directed by Anthony Minghella, Ralph Fiennes stars as Almásy and Juliette Binoche as Hana. Saul Zaentz has got 15 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Saul Zaentz achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Saul Zaentz plays is Goya's Ghosts which will be released on Nov 10, 2006.

Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler.Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record label Fantasy Records. Working as a salesman and manager for years at Fantasy taught him the value of good relationships with vendors and distributors. This approach greatly affected his approach to the movie business.Saul and a group of partners bought Fantasy Records in 1967. Fantasy was a successful independent record label, but Saul wanted to expand, to make films. He and his partners worked very hard to cultivate deals with film distribution houses all over the world. Many of these distributors invested in or helped secure funding for his films, in light of the success of Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975). As a result, Saul was able to remain independent of Hollywood, making the films he wanted to make.