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Noel Black(1937-2014)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Noel Black
Director Noel Black was born on June 30, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. He has a B.A. and Masters degree in Film from UCLA. His second film was Skaterdater (1966), an 18-minute short that used only music and sound effects to advance the plot. Initially winning the Grand Prix and the Golden Palm Awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the picture went on to win more international film awards in 1966 and 1967 than any other American film. Black is best known for the first feature-length film, Pretty Poison (1968), regarded by many as a black comedy classic, which starred Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld.
BornJune 30, 1937
DiedJuly 5, 2014(77)
BornJune 30, 1937
DiedJuly 5, 2014(77)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Skaterdater (1966)
Skaterdater
7.1
Short
  • Director
  • 1966
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
ABC Stage 67
7.3
TV Series
  • Director
Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld in Pretty Poison (1968)
Pretty Poison
7.0
  • Director
  • 1968
Mirrors (1978)
Mirrors
4.5
  • Director
  • 1978

Credits

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Director

  • One Life to Live (1968)
    One Life to Live
    6.9
    TV Series
    • location scenes
    • Director
    • 1986–1992
  • Swans Crossing (1992)
    Swans Crossing
    7.4
    TV Series
    • location
    • 1992
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Over My Dead Body (1990)
    Over My Dead Body
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Nightmare Classics, a limited series of four classic horror titles in the genre of 'The Turn of the Screw' - the others being 'The Eyes of the Panther'; 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and 'Carmilla.'
    Nightmare Classics
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Dolphin Cove (1989)
    Dolphin Cove
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1988
  • The Town Bully (1988)
    The Town Bully
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • A Conspiracy of Love (1987)
    A Conspiracy of Love
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1987
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1987
  • The Twilight Zone (1985)
    The Twilight Zone
    7.7
    TV Series
    • directed by
    • 1986–1987
  • Lynn Redgrave, Mariette Hartley, and Barry Newman in My Two Loves (1986)
    My Two Loves
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1986
  • A Time to Triumph (1986)
    A Time to Triumph
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Promises to Keep (1985)
    Promises to Keep
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Deadly Intentions (1985)
    Deadly Intentions
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1985

Writer

  • Shakespeare's Children
    7.5
    • Writer
    • 1996
  • Kelly Preston and Doug McKeon in Mischief (1985)
    Mischief
    6.5
    • written by
    • 1985
  • Mirrors (1978)
    Mirrors
    4.5
    • story
    • 1978
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966)
    ABC Stage 67
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1967
  • Skaterdater (1966)
    Skaterdater
    7.1
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • The River Boy
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1964

Producer

  • Kelly Preston and Doug McKeon in Mischief (1985)
    Mischief
    6.5
    • executive producer
    • 1985
  • Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld in Pretty Poison (1968)
    Pretty Poison
    7.0
    • produced by
    • 1968
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966)
    ABC Stage 67
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Skaterdater (1966)
    Skaterdater
    7.1
    Short
    • producer
    • 1966
  • The River Boy
    Short
    • producer
    • 1964
  • War Hunt (1962)
    War Hunt
    6.3
    • assistant producer
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 30, 1937
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • July 5, 2014
    • Santa Barbara, California, USA(bacterial pneumonia)
  • Spouses
      Catherine Cownie(divorced)
  • Children
    • Nicole Black

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    Father of Marco Black

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