Age | 71 (age at death) |
Birthday | 4 March, 1900 |
Birthplace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | 30 June, 1971 |
Place of Death | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Claim to Fame | one of the Hollywood Ten |
Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 – June 30, 1971) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was one of the Hollywood Ten and directed Salt of the Earth (1954), a film barely released in the United States, about a zinc miners' strike in Grant County, New Mexico. His membership in the Directors Guild of America was posthumously restored in 1997; he had been expelled in 1950.