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name: "John D. F. Black"
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roles: ["Producer","Writer"]
born: "30 December 1932"
died: "29 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T15:55:06.901457+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John D. F. Black

Producer and writer. Born 30 December 1932 in United States. Died 29 November 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 30 December 1932, United States
- **Died:** 29 November 2018
- **Works often with:** Al Francis, Donald R. Rode, Edward J. Lakso, Gerald Fried, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Herb Wallerstein

## Biography

John D.F. Black was an American screenwriter, television producer and director. He attended Carnegie Mellon University and served in the US Army during the Korean War.

Black served as associate producer on ten episodes of the first season of *Star Trek* (1966) and wrote the teleplay for the episode 'The Naked Time'. He contributed to the series' opening monologue. He also wrote episodes of *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *Hawaii Five-O* (1968), *Charlie's Angels* (1976) and *Murder, She Wrote* (1984).

His film credits include co-writing the screenplay for *Shaft* (1971) and writing and executive producing *Trouble Man* (1972). He received a Writers Guild of America award for an episode of *Mr. Novak*, an Emmy nomination for the television film *Thief* (1971) and an Edgar Award for the same script. He later contributed story credits to *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987) under the pseudonym Ralph Wills.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Writer
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Writer
- *Trouble Man* (1972), Writer

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