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Name: Herbert J. Biberman  
   
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Date of Birth: 4th March 1900
   
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 - June 30, 1971) was an American screenwriter and film director.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a Jewish family, he is best known for being one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of MPAA members working in various jobs in the Hollywood film industry who were cited for contempt of Congress during the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. The contempt conviction earned Biberman six months in jail, and he was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses.

While blacklisted, Biberman directed Salt of the Earth, a fictionalized account of a real strike by zinc miners in Grant County, New Mexico. The movie was written by Michael Wilson and produced by Paul Jarrico both of whom had also been blacklisted by Hollywood. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film has also been preserved by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Herbert Biberman died from bone cancer in 1971 in New York City.


External link

  • Herbert J. Biberman at the Internet Movie Database


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