Paul Saltzman

Paul Saltzman
Saltzman in 2024
Born1943
Occupation
  • Film director
Years active1973–present
WorksProm Night in Mississippi

The Last White Knight

Meeting the Beatles in India
FatherPercy Saltzman

Paul Saltzman (born 1943) is a Canadian film and television producer and director. A two-time Emmy Award-recipient, he has been credited on more than 300 films, both dramas and documentaries.

The 2008 documentary feature, Prom Night in Mississippi, featuring actor Morgan Freeman, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[1] His feature documentary, The Last White Knight—Is Reconciliation Possible?[2] premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2012. It features Morgan Freeman, Harry Belafonte, Delay de la Beckwith (son of Byron De La Beckwith) as well as Saltzman himself. His most recent film is the feature documentary Meeting the Beatles in India[3] filmed in India, Canada, USA and England is his most personal film tracing his life-changing journey to India, learning meditation and spending a week with the Beatles at an ashram in Rishikesh. He is also founder, CEO and president of the charitable, non-profit organization Moving Beyond Prejudice, which works with police forces, students, educators, youth-at-risk and community groups.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Prom Night in Mississippi". www.promnightinmississippi.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. ^ The Last White Knight at IMDb
  3. ^ "Review: When a young man went on a spiritual pilgrimage and met the Beatles". Los Angeles Times. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2023-03-16.