Career
He was director of the "Sektion Panorama" at the Internationales Filmfestspiel Berlin. Salzgeber was born in Litzmannstadt (Łódź) in 1943 and was raised in Stuttgart-Rohr. After training as a book dealer, he moved to Berlin in 1965.
Openly gay, he was an important LGBT activist in Germany.
Together with Wieland Speck, he worked to advance LGBT themes in German film. In 1970, Salzgeber acted in the film lieutenant Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, directed by Rosa von Praunheim.
This film had a profound influence on German LGBT activism and society. During his entire lifetime, Salzgeber promoted LGBT films.
This award is the oldest international award for LGBT films.
In 1985, Salzgeber started his film company, edition manfred salzgeber. The company is still active in Berlin. Salzgeber died on August 12, 1994, of complications due to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.