Bert Salzman
Bert Salzman (* 1931 in New York City ) is an American film director and painter.
Life
Salzman grew up in an orphanage and broke out of high school. He went at the age of 17 years in the navy and took part as a soldier in the Korean War. After his return, he worked as a draftsman and came by chance to the movie business. He brought his skills as an electrician, lighting and camera man using self-help books for self. From 1961 to 1964 he worked with documentary filmmaker George Stoney. His directorial debut was in 1964 with the film Salzman How Things Get Done, on behalf of the Adult Education Association of the series Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer? arose. On behalf of the Learning Corporation of America ( LCA), which produced educational films for teaching, Salzman made several films that dealt with various ethnic groups, including Geronimo Jones ( 1970), about a Papago - Apache, Felipa: North of the Border ( 1971), a Chicano girl and until 1975 Angel and Big Joe on a puerto Rican immigrant family. For Angel and Big Joe, he won a 1976 Oscar for Best Short Film.
Beginning of the 1980s Salzman retired from the film business and settled in France and later in Northern California to devote himself to painting. In 2004 he published his book Being a Buddha on Broadway.