Background
Salkowitz, Sy was born on April 21, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles D. and Ethel (Paulin) Salkowitz.
Salkowitz, Sy was born on April 21, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles D. and Ethel (Paulin) Salkowitz.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1950.
Freelance television and screenwriter, Los Angeles, 1956-1974;
vice president development, 20th Century Fox television, Los Angeles, 1974-1975;
vice president prime time programming, 20th Century Fox television, Los Angeles, 1975-1976;
president, 20th Century Fox television, Los Angeles, 1976-1980;
founder, president, Sy Salkowitz Prodns., Los Angeles, 1980-1983, 85-;
president, Viacom Prodns., Los Angeles, 1983-1985. Governor television Academy, Los Angeles, 1971-1975. Commissioner California Film Commission, Sacramento, 1980-1984.
Trustee Writer's Guild Foundation, 1965-1989.
Vice president Scripps Memorial Hospital Foundation, La Jolla, California, since 1987. Advisory panel National Endowment of the Humanities, 1980-1981. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1962.
Member Writers Guild American (board directors 1965-1970), Directors Guild American.
Married Bobbe Banks, June 15, 1950 (divorced 1960). Children: Lezlie Salkowitz Montoya, Victor Philip, Tracy Salkowitz Pressman. Married Pat Quinn, June 4, 1976.