Directing
Community Rating
6.2
TMDB estimate
Born
January 20, 1921
Died
April 10, 1986 (age 65)
Born in
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 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.
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Director, Writer
1979
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The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
as Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
1978
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The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
as Writer, Editor, Producer
1978
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The Love Goddesses
as Director, Writer, Producer
1965
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The Great Chase
as Director, Writer
1962
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
1961
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Spunky the Snowman
as Producer
1957
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