John D. F. Black

John D. F. Black

John D. F. Black is a writer, producer, and director of television and films from the 1950s to the 1980s, best known for his work on ' and '.

He wrote one of the iconic episodes of Star Trek, "The Naked Time", and was given a story credit for its sequel, TNG's "The Naked Now". He had story credit for the episode "Justice", under the pseudonym Ralph Wills.

He also wrote for many other shows, including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Charlie's Angels", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Fugitive",Mannix, and many others. He also co-wrote the film adaptation of "Shaft" with Ernest Tidyman (Tidyman had written the novel).

In 1972, he was given an Edgar Award, in the category Best Television Feature or Miniseries Teleplay, for writing the television movie "Thief".He was also executive producer of the 1972 detective film 'Trouble Man starring Robert Hooks,ans scored by Marvin Gaye

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085353/ John D. F. Black's IMDB Entry]


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