Herbert J. Leder (1922–1983) was a film professor at Jersey City State College's Media Arts Department.

His accomplishments were numerous in the world of film and movies. He produced the Captain Video Show, Loretta Young Show, Meet the Press, and wrote scripts for New York TV soap operas. He made a number of films such as Fiend Without a Face (1958), Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), Nine Miles to Noon (1963), ^[1] The Frozen Dead (1966), It! (1967), and The Candy Man (1969).^[2] He taught Cinematography and Film Theory at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University).