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The Saul Zaentz Company

Berkeley, California(approximate location)

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Who works there

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  • Memorial Awardfor creative producers whose bodies of work

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded bySaul ZaentzWikidata
LocationBerkeley, California
Websitezaentz.com
Statusdormantnone since 2009, site up i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

9 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars34of36nominations94%

589 wins from 1,096 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1.2bn

Combined US gross, 9 of 10 titles

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster
Highest rated
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
9.02,161,991 votes
The Mosquito Coast poster
Lowest rated
The Mosquito Coast
1986
6.632,814 votes
Mostly
drama, adventure, fantasy
Active
1984–2006
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Best known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 9 of 10 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits10

10 films

Titles per year5 titles · busiest 2001 with 1

5 titles across 9 years, averaging 0.6 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate. 4 of those 9 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time9 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
6810their average 8.819902000

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.9 across 4 titles. The 4 titles since 1997 average 8.9, holding at their 8.8 overall. 3 of 9 rated titles sit above their 8.8 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Peter Jackson3
  • Milos Forman2
Writers
  • Jean-Claude Carrière3
  • J.R.R. Tolkien3
  • Fran Walsh3
  • Philippa Boyens3
Notable cast
  • Elijah Wood3
  • Ian McKellen3
  • Viggo Mortensen2
  • Juliette Binoche2
Genres
  • Drama9 of 9
  • Adventure4 of 9
  • Fantasy3 of 9
  • Romance3 of 9
  • Biography2 of 9

Names appearing on two or more of The Saul Zaentz Company’s produced titles, across the 9 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside The Saul Zaentz Company on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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