Biography

Joseph Breen was born on October 14, 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Cineficción Podcast: Ayer, hoy y mañana (2025). He was married to Mary Rose Dervin. He died on December 5, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Appointed by Will H. Hays, was the administrator of the Production Code Administration (PCA) from 1934 to 1954 - the branch of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) created to enforce the Motion Picture Production Code.

Father of writer, producer and director Joseph Breen.

[Letter to Priest in Philadelphia] My dear Bozo. I respectfully suggest that both yourself and Dr. Pace are fat heads. I don't even hope that you are well. But I do hope that you get fired out of that soft job at the Sanctuary and have to go to work. I say, again, that you are a fat head.