Film producer Saul Zaentz, who won best picture Oscars for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient, has died aged 92.
A Hollywood heavyweight, Zaentz only entered the movie business in his 50s, having already made a fortune in the music industry, BBC informs.
Most of his films were based on literary properties, and he held the rights to JRR Tolkien’s novels.
Zaentz died at his San Francisco home of complications from Alzheimer’s.
“He was an amazing man,” said his nephew Paul Zaentz, who is also a film producer.
“He always taught me to only make films I am passionate about.”
