
H
Writing
Herb Gardner
- Titles
- 11movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1965 to 1996, with a break from 1985 to 1995, with up to 1 main title a year.
- Directed
- 3titles as director
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Free to Be… You and Me79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism8.3average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay6.4average 3.7
- Situational Comedy4.7average 2.7
- Satire & Parody4.2average 2.3
- Showbiz3.0average 1.2
- Cringe Humor3.8average 2.2
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Family Dynamics6.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.5, average 5.1
- Violence2.3, average 4.3
- Tension4.2, average 6.1
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Gene SaksActorA Thousand Clowns, The Goodbye People
Marlo ThomasActorThieves, Free to Be… You and Me
John McMartinActorThieves, A Thousand Clowns
Martin BalsamActorA Thousand Clowns, The Goodbye People
Barbara HarrisActorWho Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, A Thousand Clowns
Craig McKayEditorThieves, Free to Be… You and Me- AArthur J. OrnitzCinematographerThieves, A Thousand Clowns
Movies and TV shows
102020s
1 title · average score 43
43
Strangers in the Park (2026)
Theatre Play
1990s
1 title · average score 49
49
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
Director, Theatre Play
1980s
2 titles · average score 46
46
Ishtar (1987)
as Rabbi Pierce

The Goodbye People (1984)
Director, Screenplay
1970s
5 titles · average score 58
45
Thieves (1977)
Screenplay, Theatre Play
68
The Way We Were (1973)
Additional Writing
42
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
Screenplay, Producer

Caught in the Middle (1970)
Director
1960s
1 title · average score 70
70
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Theatre Play, Screenplay
