John D. F. Black
Associate producer on Star Trek's first season and writer of "The Naked Time".
John Donald Francis Black (December 30, 1932 – November 29, 2018) was a screenwriter, TV producer and TV director, best known for his work on Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966 and on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1980s.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- John Donald Francis Black
- Born
- December 30, 1932
- Birthplace
- United States
- Died
- November 29, 2018 (aged 85)
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills, California, United States
- Occupation
- Director
- television producer
- writer
Lore & Background
Black was associate producer for ten episodes of Star Trek's first season, broadcast from September 8 to December 15, 1966, and wrote the teleplay for "The Naked Time". He received story credit for its Next Generation sequel, "The Naked Now", and shared story credit for "Justice" under the pseudonym Ralph Wills.
Beyond Star Trek he wrote for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Charlie's Angels, Hawaii Five-O, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible and Mannix, co-wrote the film Shaft (1971) and wrote Trouble Man (1972). In 1972 he received an Edgar Award for the TV movie Thief.
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