Bruce J. Sallan

Bruce Sallan (born November 8, 1953) is an American author and radio show host. His first book A Dad’s Point-of-View: We ARE Half the Equation, was published in May 2011. His second book, The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues: An Interactive Journal from A Dad’s Point-of-View, was published in October 2012.
Sallan also writes a weekly syndicated column A Dad’s Point-of-View, and hosts a weekly radio show, “The Bruce Sallan Show - A Dad’s Point of View” which airs on KZSB 1290 in Santa Barabara and KRSA 580 in Alaska.
All published works and media produced center on the challenges of parenthood and family relationships. Prior to becoming a published author he was a television and movie producer as well as the Vice-President of ABC.
Television career
After earning his M.B.A. from UCLA, Sallan began a career as a television executive; he produced his first television movie at the age of 24 and was a Vice President at ABC by the time he was 29.
During his television career (1976 - 2000), Sallan supervised the development and production of more than 30 motion pictures.
Films which Sallan personally produced include the award-winning ABC Theater presentation God Bless The Child, TV's first movie to honestly address the problems of the homeless. The show won both the Writers Guild Award for Best Teleplay as well as the Humanitas Award for 1988. Sallan's 1990 film, A Killing in a Small Town, for CBS brought Barbara Hershey both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Actress and the film was also nominated for an Emmy as Best Dramatic Longform.
His more notable works include:
*The Jesse Ventura Story: NBC Movie, Davis Television/NBC Productions, May, 1999 (Executive Producer)
*Generation X: FBC Movie Pilot, New World Television, February, 1996 (Executive Producer)
*Island City: Syndicated Movie Pilot, The Lee Rich Co./Warner Bros., 1994 (Executive Producer)
*A Walton Thanksgiving: CBS Movie, The Lee Rich Co./Warner Bros., 1993 (Executive Producer)
*Killer Rules NBC Movie, The Lee Rich Co./Warner Bros., 1993 (Executive Producer)
*When No One Would Listen CBS Movie, A Bruce Sallan Production PHE, 1992 (Producer)
*Dead on the Money TNT Movie, IndieProd, 1990 (Executive Producer)
*Babies NBC Movie, IndieProd/Phoenix, 1990 (Executive Producer)
*The Knife and Gun ClubABC Drama Pilot, IndieProd/Disney, 1990 (Executive Producer)
*A Killing in a Small Town CBS Movie, IndieProd/Phoenix, 1990 (Executive Producer)
*A Fine Romance ABC Drama Pilot and Series, IndieProd/Phoenix, 1988-1989 (Executive Producer)
*Get Smart, Again! ABC Movie, IndieProd/Phoenix, 1989 (Supervising Producer)
*Chain Letter ABC Drama Pilot, IndieProd/Phoenbix, 1998 (Executive Producer)
*God Bless the Child ABC, IndieProd/Phoenbix, 1988 (Executive Producer)
*Berlin Tunnel 21 CBS 3-Hour Movie, Cypress Point/Paramount, 1981 (Executive Producer)
*Act of Love NBC Movie, Cypress Point/Filmways, 1980 (Producer)
*Steeletown CBS Drama Pilot, Cypress Point/Paramount, 1981 (Executive Producer)
*With This Ring ABC Movie, The Jozak Co./Paramount, 1979 (Producer)
*Ski Lift to Death CBS Movie, The Jozak Co./Paramount, 1979 (Producer)
*The Defection of Simas Kudirka CBS Movie, The Jozak Co., 1976 (Associate Producer)
*Having Babies II ABC Movie, The Jozak Co., 1977 (Associate Producer)
*Having Babies ABC Movie, The Jozak Co., 1976 (Associate Producer)
During his career in television, he wrote articles for Daily Variety and the Producers Caucus Bulletin.
Writing career
Sallan began writing various blogs, as well as articles for local publications, including a regular column for a local paper about being a single dad. Eventually, he began marketing his column to more newspapers and websites, and it is now published in over 75 papers and websites in more than 20 states, as well as on several international sites. His writing focus is primarily on parenting issues.

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