Bert Salzman (September 2, 1931 â 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).
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.