Noel Black

Noel Black June 30 1937 July 5 2014 was an American film and television director screenwriter and producer Black was born in Chicago Illinois He won awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for an 18minute short subject filmed in 1965 called Skaterdater It had no dialogue but used music and sound effects to advance the plot It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966 He directed the 1968 cult film Pretty Poison3 and subsequently concentrated on directing for television occasionally directing films such as Private School Description above from the Wikipedia article Noel Black licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia