Director

Saul J. Turell

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 1057679

IMDb ID: nm0877020

Known for: Directing

Born: January 20, 1921

Died: April 10, 1986

Age: 65

Place of birth: New York, New York, U.S.

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 1979

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 6.1

Wikidata: Q7427307

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Biography

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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