Abdisalam Aato (Somali: Cabdisalaan Caato; Arabic: عبد السلام عاتو) (born 1976) is a Somali-American film director, producer, entrepreneur and media consultant.

[2] After the civil war broke out in the early 1990s, he fled to Kenya in 1993, where he lived in a refugee camp near Mombasa for over three years.

[2] While in Georgia, Aato began his professional career as a broadcaster and radio announcer at a community television station, Media One.

[2] Additionally, Aato launched Bartamaha, a multimedia website dedicated to Somali music, short films, news and culture.

[3] He likewise hosts the weekly television and online program the Wargelin Show, which focuses on Somali politics and society.