Joe Saltzman

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Joe Saltzman

Biography

Joe Saltzman is a professor of journalism and communication at USC Annenberg and an expert in the image of the journalist in popular culture. Saltzman received his B.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California and his M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. After working for several years as a newspaper reporter and editor, Saltzman joined CBS television in Los Angeles in 1964 and for the next ten years produced documentaries, news magazine shows, and daily news shows, winning more than fifty awards including the Columbia University-duPont broadcast journalism award (the broadcasting equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize), four Emmys, four Golden Mikes, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, a Silver Gavel, and one of the first NAACP Image awards.

Known For

Director

1974
Why Me?

as Director

1972
Rape

as Director

1971
1968
Black on Black

as Director

Actor

Writer

1974
Why Me?

as Writer

Producer

1968
Black on Black

as Producer