Noel Black

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Born:
June 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL
Biography:Upon earning both a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of California-Los Angeles, director "Noel Black" made his mark on the film-festival scene with such award-winning short subjects as "Skaterdater" and The River Boy. Black spent some time in episodic television, then burst upon the theatrical-feature market with the critically acclaimed black comedy "Pretty Poison" (1968). Unfortunately, his next two directorial efforts, "Cover Me Babe" (1970) and "Jennifer on My Mind" (1971), were unsuccessful. He returned to television, helming the 1976 American Playhouse production "I'm a Fool". Thereafter, with a few exceptions like "A Man, a Woman and a Bank" (1979) and "Eyes of the Panther" (1990), Black confined his directing to the TV-movie field, turning out such praiseworthy efforts as 1981's "The Electric Grandmother", an engaging adaptation of "Ray Bradbury"'s I Sing the Body Electric. In 1985, "Noel... Full Biography
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