Abraham Polonsky

Born 5 December 1910 in New York, New York, U.S.

Died 26 October 1999 (aged 88)

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist, and novelist blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era.