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Saltzman was born in the Canadian province of New Brunswick but moved to Britain where he entered the film business producing social dramas such as 1959's Look Back in Anger and 1960's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
He joined forces with "Cubby" Broccoli in 1962 to create the production company EON ProductionsEON Productions is a film production company best known for the James Bond movie franchise. EON stands for "Everything or Nothing". It was started by the famous James Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in 1961. In 1975 after nine movies, and their first film in the James Bond series, Dr. NoNo is a novel by Ian Fleming and the first official James Bond film adapted from it. It was released in 1962 and was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman with Sean Connery playing the role of British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. Saltzman remained Broccoli's partner up to 1974See also 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events February 7 Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars''. August 7 Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J's The Man with the Golden GunThe Man with the Golden Gun is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. Fleming died before a final draft of the manuscript was completed (it was never a "lost" manuscript as some sources have suggested), and edited by others, reportedly including Kingsley Amis. In total, Saltzman produced nine James Bond films. In addition to the creation of EON Productions, he also started with Broccoli, Danjaq, L.L.C.Danjaq, L. formerly Danjaq S. is the holding company owned by the family of Albert R. Broccoli, co-initiator of the popular James Bond film franchise. After Broccoli's production company, EON Productions, made the first James Bond film, Dr. No in 1962, a, the parent company of EON Productions and a clever combination of Broccoli's and Saltman's wives' names. Danjaq currently partners with United Artists in ownership of the Bond films, their elements and characters.
Other notable productions include The Ipcress FileThe Ipcress File was the first spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962. It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman and directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Michael Caine as " Harry Palmer". The Ipcress File was a downbeat alternative ( 1965See also 1964 in film 1965 1966 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films :North America # Mary Poppins # The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews # Goldfinger # My Fair Lady # What's New Pussycat # Shenandoah # The Sandpiper # F) and Call Me BwanaCall Me Bwana is a 1963 farce starring Bob Hope. It is largely set in Africa. It is probably best-known for being the only film made by EON Productions which is not about the Ian Fleming spy character, James Bond. Hope's co-stars include Anita Ekberg and ( 1963) starring Bob Hope and the only film to be produced by EON Productions outside of the James Bond franchise.