Saul J. Turell
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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 Becker took over the ailing Janus Films.
He won an Academy Award in 1980 in the category Best Documentary Short for Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist.