Leo Seltzer (filmmaker)

Leo Seltzer (March 13, 1910–January 27, 2007) was an American social-documentary filmmaker whose career spanned over half a century, having made more than sixty films.

Leo Seltzer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. One of the founders of the Workers' Film & Photo League, Seltzer received many international awards for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for First Steps in 1948. In 1962 he served as cinema-biographer to the White House for President John F. Kennedy. A 1961 documentary Seltzer directed for the US Information Agency and released by United artists called Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journeys showed the First Lady's experiences visiting India and Pakistan.