BS
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Film writer and director
Gender:
Male
Places:
Work field:
Birth:
2 September 1931(New York City, New York, USA)
Death:
30 November 2016
Star sign:
The details
Biography
Introduction
Bert Salzman (September 2, 1931 – November 29, 2016) was an American writer and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing Angel and Big Joe (1975).
Early life
Bert Salzman was born in 1931 in New York City and grew up in an orphanage. He never completed high school and became self-educated. As a young boy, he became interested with painting. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and fought in the Korean War.