Saul J. Turell

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 ReadeSterling 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