Alan Balsam was born to Michael and Anita Balsam on 2nd April, 1950. He
grew up in Los Angeles and attended California State University at Long
Beach, graduating in 1972. He began his career making short promotional
films featuring entertainers such as Bette Midler and George Harrison
and took his first credit as an assistant film editor on 'Fatso' in
1979. He always worked in television on the AFI salute to Bette Davis
and 'Heroes of Rock and Roll'.
On 13th November 1992 Alan Balsam died of AIDS. His partner Stephen Schneider subsequently founded the Foundation Fund Alan Balsam, who took care of the exchange of AIDS sufferers.