Salvador Litvak
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Salvador Litvak | |
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 Salvador Litvak in Los Angeles in 2017 | |
| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) |
| Other names | Accidental Talmudist |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | Nina Davidovich Litvak |
Salvador Alejandro Litvak is a Chilean-American filmmaker, author and social media influencer.[1] He has written and directed three theatrically released feature films, When Do We Eat? (2006), Saving Lincoln (2013) and Guns & Moses (2025).[2][3] As the Accidental Talmudist, Litvak shares Jewish wisdom with over one million followers on his Facebook page and hosts AT Daily, a Talmud study show on Facebook Live and YouTube.[4] His first book, "Let My People Laugh: The Greatest Jewish Jokes of All Time!" was released by Skyhorse Publishing in November, 2024.[5]
Litvak was born in Santiago, Chile in 1965 and came to the United States at the age of five. He grew up in Riverdale and New City, New York.[6] He majored in English at Harvard, where he rowed on the heavyweight crew team.[7] He then moved on to NYU Law School, earned his Juris Doctor degree, and passed the New York State Bar Exam.[8] Between moving to the US and graduating from law school, Litvak went by an anglicized version of his middle name, Alex.[6]
Litvak stated in an Instagram reel that he was relatively secular in his youth, but reconnected with his Judaism after a period spiritual seeking and his grandmother’s passing.[9]
While attending law school, Litvak mounted a series of multimedia performance art pieces in Greenwich Village.[10] After finishing law school, he worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Skadden Arps while continuing his writing.[6] After two years, he left the practice of law to enroll in the graduate Directors' Program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.[2]
