Herbert J. Biberman

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Artwork for The MajesticImage of Herbert J. Biberman

Biography

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Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 – June 30, 1971), was an American screenwriter and film director. He may be best known for having been one of the Hollywood Ten as well as directing Salt of the Earth, a 1954 film about a zinc miners' strike in Grant County, New Mexico.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Eva Biberman. Biberman's pre-blacklist career included writing such films as King of Chinatown, When Tomorrow Comes, Action in Arabia, The Master Race, and New Orleans, as well as directing such films as One Way Ticket, Meet Nero Wolfe, and The Master Race. He married actress Gale Sondergaard in 1930; the marriage endured until Biberman's death. Herbert Biberman died from bone cancer in 1971 in New York City.

Brother of American artist, Edward Biberman.

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Timeline

2021Aged 121

  • Poster for The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 101

  • Poster for The Majestic

    Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969Aged 69

  • Poster for Slaves

    Writer

1954Aged 54

  • Poster for Salt of the Earth

    Producer

1950Aged 50

  • Poster for The Hollywood Ten

    Self

1947Aged 47

  • Poster for New Orleans

    Associate Producer

1946Aged 46

  • Poster for Abilene Town

    Associate Producer

1944Aged 44

  • Poster for Action in Arabia

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Master Race

    Writer

  • Poster for Together Again

    Story

1939Aged 39

  • Poster for King of Chinatown

    Story

1936Aged 36

  • Poster for Meet Nero Wolfe

    Director

1935Aged 35

  • Poster for One Way Ticket

    Director