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Saul J. Turell
New York, New York, U.S.
Saul J. Turell (January 20, 1921 – April 10, 1986) was a producer and maker of documentaries, and a distributor for classic film. He founded Sterling Films in 1946. In the early s…
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Saul J. Turell (January 20, 1921 – April 10, 1986) was a producer and maker of documentaries, and a distributor for classic film. He founded Sterling Films in 1946. In the early sixties, Sterling Films merged with the Walter Reade Organization, becoming Reade-Sterling, of which Turell was president. In 1965, Turell and William J. Becker took over the ailing Janus Films. The same year, Turell directed The Love Goddesses, released by Walter Reade and Paramount Pictures with the subtitle "A History of Sex in the Cinema". He won an Academy Award in 1980 in the category Best Documentary Short Subject for Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist.
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1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Movie Director
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1979
Museum
Movie Producer
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1978
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Movie Director
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1978
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
Movie Writer
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1965
The Love Goddesses
Movie Director
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1962
The Great Chase
Movie Director
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1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie Producer
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1957
Spunky the Snowman
Movie Producer
