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Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England British Academy of Film and Television Arts Retrieved on 14 June 2008 – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film producer and television producer.
When World War II came, Berman was allowed to continue his craft in an army film unit. There, he met and befriended Robert S. Baker, with whom he would go on to form a lifelong business partnership.
In 1948, they founded Tempean Films, which produced more than 30 in the 1950s. In 1962, Berman and Baker obtained the television rights to Leslie Charteris's The Saint.
Unable to sell the rights to Associated-Rediffusion, then Britain's largest commercial television company, Berman turned to Lew Grade's ITC. This company was at that time a sister company to ATV, and had access to important export markets. This allowed The Saint to do well in both Britain and in other markets.
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