Director
Saul J. Turell
105 years · New York, New York, U.S. · 7 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 7
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979 · Director, Writer
On HBO Max
Museum
1979 · Producer, Writer
The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock
1978 · Writer, Editor
The Love Goddesses
1965 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
The Great Chase
1962 · Director, Writer
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Director, Writer
Spunky the Snowman
1957 · Producer