David Bruce Saltman (born 1946) is an author, director and producer. He has written and produced more than 200 documentary films, and is the owner of Pinnacle Productions Inc, a New York media production company.[1] [2] [3] He wrote a biography of Gilda Radner entitled published in 1993. Saltman was awarded an Emmy Award for Best Business Story. He has been an executive producer at CNN for TV programmes such as Pinnacle, Business Unusual, Your Money and Movers. Previously, he was a producer and writer for CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, CBS Morning News and for Good Morning America at ABC.
Saltman was lead producer for CBS News' award-winning coverage of the life and death of Josef Mengele, the Nazi war criminal.
The bulk of Saltman's documentary work has been for major TV companies and public television networks. He has also written for three feature films. He has written and reported extensively for newspapers and magazines, notably The New York Times and Rolling Stone. He is also a consultant on the history of magic to the Library of Congress and has taught writing and filmmaking at various universities.[4]