Andrew Solt

Andrew Solt (born December 13, 1947) is a producer, director, writer and documentary filmmaker. He has done numerous television specials and series for both broadcast and cable television and also movies. Solt owns the rights to the The Ed Sullivan Show library and has produced over 100 hours of new programming from the archive. A frequent focus of his documentaries is rock and roll music, its history and star performers. Included are feature films about rock icons Elvis Presley (This is Elvis, 1981) and John Lennon (Imagine: John Lennon, 1988). Solt was born in London and spent his early years in South Africa before moving to Los Angeles in 1958. Solt graduated from Hollywood High School before attending University of California, Los...