Herbert Biberman

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Herbert Biberman was an American film director and screenwriter best known as one of the Hollywood Ten, blacklisted during the Red Scare for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film director
human
member of the Hollywood Ten
screenwriter
associatedWith labor movement themes in film
politically progressive filmmaking
causeOfBlacklist alleged communist sympathies
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Biberman NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork film direction
motion pictures
screenwriting
genre drama film
social realism
givenName Herbert
hasEthnicBackground Jewish-American
industry American film industry NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
legalIssue contempt of Congress conviction
medium cinema
memberOf Hollywood Ten NERFINISHED
movement American left-wing politics
name Herbert Biberman NERFINISHED
notableFor directing the film Salt of the Earth under blacklist conditions
notableWork Salt of the Earth NERFINISHED
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
politicalPersecutionContext McCarthyism NERFINISHED
reasonForNotability one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted in Hollywood
refusedTo testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee
significantEvent Hollywood blacklist NERFINISHED
House Un-American Activities Committee hearings NERFINISHED
Red Scare NERFINISHED
spouse Gale Sondergaard NERFINISHED
subjectOf studies of the Hollywood blacklist
workedIn Hollywood

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Gale Sondergaard spouse Herbert Biberman
The Master Race director Herbert Biberman
The Master Race screenwriter Herbert Biberman