Elliot Tiber

Elliot Michael Tiber (April 15, 1935 – August 3, 2016) was an artist and screenwriter who wrote a memoir about the Woodstock Festival held in Bethel, New York in 1969. He claimed responsibility for the relocation of the festival after a permit for it was withdrawn by the zoning board of a nearby town.Tibers 2007 memoir Taking Woodstock, written with Tom Monte, was adapted into a movie of the same name by Ang Lee. The film opened in the United States in August 2009. In the film, Tiber is portrayed by comedian Demetri Martin.

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