| Bert Salzman | |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1931 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sonoma, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, film director |
Bert Salzman (September 2, 1931 – November 29, 2016) was an American writer and film director.[1] He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing Angel and Big Joe (1975).[2] [3]
Bert Salzman was born on September 2, 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.[1]