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name: "Noel Black"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/noel-black"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 June 1937"
died: "5 July 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:48:56.869206+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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# Noel Black

Director. Born 30 June 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 5 July 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 June 1937, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 5 July 2014

## Biography

Noel Black (1937–2014) was an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he graduated from UCLA with bachelor's and master's degrees in film.

Black wrote and directed the 1965 short *Skaterdater*, which won the Palme d'Or for best short film at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He made his feature debut with the 1968 cult black comedy *Pretty Poison*, starring Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld.

Thereafter he worked primarily in television, directing episodes of series including *Kojak* (1977), *Quincy, M.E.*, *McCloud*, *Hawaii Five-O* and *The Twilight Zone* (1985). He also directed features such as *Private School* (1983). His son Marco Black works in the film industry as a director and unit production manager.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Director
- *Private School* (1983), Director
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Director
- *Mischief* (1985), Writer
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), Director
- *Pretty Poison* (1968), Director
- *McCloud* (1970), Director

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