Norman T. Herman

A native of Newark, New Jersey, Norman T. Herman received his education at Rutgers University and New York University. His entrance into the film business was as an accountant at American International Pictures, which he joined in 1955. He soon became a producer at AIP, responsible for such films as Hot Rod Girl (1956), Bloody Mama (1970) and Blacula (1972). He also directed a pair of exploitation "documentaries" in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He spent most of his career, though, in various executive positions at a variety of studios, although he did turn to writing scripts for several TV series in the 1960s, such as The Invaders (1967).