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 ''Angel and Big Joe'' is a 1975 American short drama film directed by Bert Salzman and starring Paul Sorvino and Dadi Pinero. It won an Oscar at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976 for Best Short Subject. Premise Angel (Dadi Pinero) portrays a y ...

'' (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 The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

and fought in the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

References

External links

* * 1931 births Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners 2016 deaths Screenwriters from New York City American male writers Film directors from New York City {{US-film-director-1930s-stub