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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saul Zaentz has received more than 897,973 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Saul Zaentz is the 43rd most popular producer (down from 37th in 2019), the 4,924th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,775th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Producer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Saul Zaentz ranks 43 out of 140. Before him are Michael G. Wilson, Walter Legge, Sam Warner, Erich Pommer, David Heyman, and Hal B. Wallis. After him are Safdie brothers, Albert S. Ruddy, Bang Si-hyuk, Robert Chartoff, Boney Kapoor, and Jesse L. Lasky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Saul Zaentz ranks 231. Before him are Sune Andersson, Imre Kovács, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Inge Borkh, Bengt Danielsson, and Jean Richard. After him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Simin Daneshvar, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Ida Fink, Rinaldo Martino, and Elizabeth Wilson. Among people deceased in 2014, Saul Zaentz ranks 212. Before him are José Emilio Pacheco, Simin Behbahani, Said Akl, Ilija Pantelić, François Cavanna, and René Burri. After him are Andrew V. McLaglen, Dennis Frederiksen, Sándor Rozsnyói, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Marco Cé, and Halet Çambel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Zaentz ranks 4,924 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Ryan Phillippe (1974), Julie Benz (1972), Anthony Zerbe (1936), Joe Montana (1956), and Dorothy Lamour (1914). After him are Alex Rocco (1936), James W. Christy (1938), Eileen Ryan (1927), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), James Russell Lowell (1819), and Whitcomb L. Judson (1846).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Saul Zaentz ranks 21. Before him are Fred Quimby (1886), Dick Wolf (1946), Robert Evans (1930), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Michael G. Wilson (1942), and Hal B. Wallis (1898). After him are Safdie brothers (null), Robert Chartoff (1933), Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Gale Anne Hurd (1955), Mike Todd (1909), and Clive Davis (1932).

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