Biography
John Berry was an American film director who in 1950 directed The Hollywood Ten, a documentary on imprisoned screenwriters who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. For directing the film he was blacklisted from Hollywood which ended his career. In April 1951, director Edward Dmytryk, who after having been jailed on several occasions agreed to reveal the names of fellow communists to the House Un-American Activities Committee and named Berry as a communist. Berry was subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and instead fled to France to avoid contempt charges for his refusal to cooperate with the committee. Berry returned to the United States in 1964 only after anti-communist sentiment had lessened.
