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Saul J. Turell (1921-1986)

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Born:
January 20, 1921

Died:
April 10, 1986

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Director:
1961  The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1962  The Great Chase
1965  The Love Goddesses
1978  The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1979  Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Editor:
1961  The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1962  The Great Chase
1965  The Love Goddesses
1978  The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1979  Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Producer:
1961  The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1962  The Great Chase
1965  The Love Goddesses
1978  The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1979  Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Writer:
1961  The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1962  The Great Chase
1965  The Love Goddesses
1978  The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978  The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
1979  Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

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