Noel Black
Nacimiento : 1937-06-30, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Muerte : 2014-07-05
Historia
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 18-minute 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 Poison,[3] and subsequently concentrated on directing for television, occasionally directing films such as Private School.
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Director
A crusty Old West hermit relates the story of the eerie experiences of a Midwestern pioneer family whose home was invaded by a mysterious panther. But in the years that follow, an unnatural curse haunts the family's beautiful daughter Irene, who finds herself answering the call of primordial, inhuman instincts.
Director
A maid has left a huge inheritance. She moves in her low-class family, upsetting the relatives of the deceased. They plot to get rid of the entire clan of the Munceys.
Director
When one man terrorizes a town and its citizens, they join together to take 'care' of him. A special prosecutor is brought in to find the guilty person.
Director
A woman's husband apparently has deserted her and their daughter. So she decides to get on with her life which might include dissolving their union and seeing someone else. However, her in-laws, her husband's parents feel that she's acting very hastily, so she leaves their home with her daughter whom they love very much. She decides to limit their access to her daughter, but grandfather and granddaughter see each other on the sly.
Director
A widow emerges from her mourning after a year. She moves into a new apartment, gets a new job, and a gains a 'gentleman caller,' her late husband's partner and former best friend. Her daughter opposes the relationship and causes considerable confusion. As she tries to work out her problems, she confides in a fellow worker. The friend offers her a shoulder to cry on and ultimately suggests that they have a relationship. Surprised and more confused than ever, she does find herself drawn to her friend.
Director
Un trabajador de la construcción tiene un ataque al corazón y ya no es capaz de trabajar y mantener a su familia. Su esposa, Concetta, decide buscar trabajo y se une al ejército. Allí asciende rápidamente y se convierte en piloto de helicóptero.
Director
Un hombre que dejó a su familia hace treinta años, descubre que tiene una enfermedad terminal, y antes de ir al hospital para recibir tratamiento, decide que es hora de regresar a casa. Sin embargo, su hijo le resulta difícil perdonarle.
Executive Producer
Corre el año 1956 y los asuntos amorosos no se le dan precisamente bien al tímido y joven Jonathan Bellah. Su nuevo amigo Gene quizá pueda ayudarle. Gene es un rebelde adorado por las chicas, quizás si éste le diera algunas clases de cómo ligar con ellas, Jonathan podría conquistarlas. Pero habrá cosas que tendrá que aprender por sí mismo si quiere sobrevivir a la adolescencia.
Writer
Corre el año 1956 y los asuntos amorosos no se le dan precisamente bien al tímido y joven Jonathan Bellah. Su nuevo amigo Gene quizá pueda ayudarle. Gene es un rebelde adorado por las chicas, quizás si éste le diera algunas clases de cómo ligar con ellas, Jonathan podría conquistarlas. Pero habrá cosas que tendrá que aprender por sí mismo si quiere sobrevivir a la adolescencia.
Director
La familia Maida se mudó a Oregón, y su hija Tami quiere jugar como mariscal de campo para el equipo de fútbol de la escuela secundaria. Solo hay un problema. Ella es una niña. Con todos, desde el entrenador hasta su vecino de al lado, ella probará que no solo puede jugar al fútbol, sino que también puede ganar el campeonato estatal. (Basado en una historia real)
Director
Un instituto de chicas justo enfrente de un instituto de chicos. En medio, sólo una estrecha calle que los separa. Christine está locamente enamorada de Jim, un apuesto y atlético chico, con el que pretende fugarse en busca de una aventura amorosa de locura. Sin embargo, su archienemiga Jordan también lo desea, y hará todo lo que pueda para conseguirlo, cueste lo que cueste.
Director
Nick is a writer full of hope, Lisa is a promising singer. They both have heartache after becoming single, but soon their newly formed friendship starts to develop into something more.
Director
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.
Director
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.
Director
After his wife is raped, a man struggles to find ways to express the anger and helplessness which the crime has instilled in him.
Director
Charley Tate is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy, the two of them are on their Golden Honeymoon in Florida. Everything goes perfectly... until Lucy meets her former fiancee who's also vacationing with his wife. Suddenly there's a comic competition between Charley and the old boyfriend for Lucy's attention. After fifty years, cantankerous Charley has to win his girl all over again!
Director
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints. The would-be thief then begins a relationship with the photographer and attempts to retrieve the photos. Meanwhile, the thieves' plot consists of this: one man will enter the bank building after dark, while the other man sits in a van and uses a computer to unlock the building's doors. The final step involves transporting the cash to a freight ship waiting on the docks, for transportation to a money launderer in Macau.
Story
A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who seem to want her for some nefarious purpose. When people around her start dying, she realizes she is not dreaming.
Director
A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who seem to want her for some nefarious purpose. When people around her start dying, she realizes she is not dreaming.
Director
A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island.
Director
Pilot TV-Movie for the sitcom Mulligan's Stew. Michael and Jane Mulligan have three children: Mark, Melinda and Jimmy. They find making ends meet difficult, but manageable. Things get tighter moneywise and spacewise when the Mulligans take in their nephews after their parents die in a plane crash.
Director
Traveling from town to town during the summer of 1919, young Andy (Ron Howard) has left his Ohio home in search of adventure and romance as a horse trainer on the country fair racing circuit. Ashamed of his occupation, Andy leads Lucy to believe he's wealthy. Soon one deception leads to another... until there is no way to tell Lucy the truth.
Director
A rich American boy meets a rich American girl in Venice and tragically leads her into drug abuse.
Director
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
Producer
Un joven psicótico sale de la cárcel después de cumplir condena por complicidad en un asesinato y se dirige hasta un pequeño pueblo. Una vez allí conoce a una joven escolar de apariencia normal pero que al poco tiempo resulta ser peor que él.
Director
Un joven psicótico sale de la cárcel después de cumplir condena por complicidad en un asesinato y se dirige hasta un pequeño pueblo. Una vez allí conoce a una joven escolar de apariencia normal pero que al poco tiempo resulta ser peor que él.
Producer
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses. However, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Screenplay
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses. However, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Director
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses. However, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Producer's Assistant
Corea, mayo de 1953. Después del periodo de instrucción aparece la verdadera realidad de la guerra, la crueldad, la pobreza y la incertidumbre de si uno será el próximo en la lista de bajas. Roy Loomis es uno de los nuevos reclutas que llega a primera línea de fuego. Allí conoce a Raymond Endore, un hombre solitario que tiene por costumbre salir a cazar enemigos de noche. La presencia de Charlie, un niño coreano que convive con los soldados, servirá como nexo de unión para forjar una extraña relación entre Endore y Loomis.
