Saul J. Turell

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1921 – 1986

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Who was Saul J. Turell?

Saul J. Turell 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 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 for Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist.

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Born
Jan 20, 1921
United States of America
Also known as
  • Saul Turell
Employment
  • Janus Films
Died
Apr 10, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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