All About Producer David Saltman

David Saltman – Writer/Producer/Director

Producer/Director, PBS “Now” half-hour documentaries

Producer/Director, CNBC Documentaries. Two-hour primetime films, 15-minute “Business Nation” documentaries.

Co-executive producer of 13-part public television series, “What We Eat”; a cultural, social & economic history of food and drink. Currently on 275 stations in USA, plus networks in Western Europe, Russia; China.

Producer/Director/Writer “Have You Seen This?” Feature film profile of world’s foremost creator of optical illusions. Private investors. Work-in-progress.

Won EMMY award for “Best Business Story” on assignment for Fox TV.

Co-producer, co-writer, “Playing Dice with the Universe” – feature film script on early life of Albert Einstein, genius, lover, anti-Nazi hero.

Executive Producer of four CNN Programs: Pinnacle, Business Unusual, Your Money and Movers — CNN weekend documentary programming. Produced, directed and wrote award-winning, filmed-on-location profiles of world leaders in business and culture, including Richard Branson, Alan Greenspan, Yo Yo Ma, John Glenn, Deepak Chopra, Dean Koontz, Phil Knight, Michael Milken, George Plimpton, Larry Ellison, et al.

Producer for ABC and CBS News.

Author of five books:

• The Houdini Deception
• Gilda, An Intimate Portrait
• The Sports Book
• The Great Escape
• The Marrakesh Express