that too was in vain. Personal life and death Black was married twice, to Sandra MacPhail and Catherine Cownie. Both marriages ended in divorce. Black had two children, a daughter Nicole and a son Marco, from his marriage to MacPhail. Marco Black was "inspired to join the family business" by his father, and he has worked as a unit production manager on CBS's Extant and an assistant director on such films as the Will Ferrell comedy Old School (2003). On July 5, 2014, Black died in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, located in Santa Barbara, California, of bacterial pneumonia at the age of 77. He is survived by his two children, as well as his son-in-law Renaud Gonthier, and his five grandchildren: Morgan, Cameron, Sidney, Hayden and John. Preservation The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Noel Black's films, including Reflections, The River Boy, and Skaterdater. Partial filmography The River Boy (1964) Skaterdater (1965, Oscar nomination) ABC Stage 67 (1 episode, 1967) Trilogy: The American Boy (1968) (TV) One Life to Live (1968) Pretty Poison (1968) Cover Me Babe (1970) Jennifer on My Mind (1971) Amy Prentiss (1974) Quincy M.E. (1 episode, 1976) Switch (1 episode, 1976) Kojak (1 episode, 1977) McCloud (1 episode, 1977) I'm a Fool (1977) (TV) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (2 episodes, 1977) Mulligan's Stew (1 episode, 1977) Big Hawaii (1 episode, 1977) The World Beyond (1978) Mirrors (1978) Hawaii Five-O (1 episode, 1978) A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979) The Golden Honeymoon (1980) A Change of Seasons (1980) The Other Victim (1981) The Electric Grandmother (1982) Prime Suspect (1982) Happy Endings (1983) Private School (1983) Quarterback Princess (1983) Deadly Intentions (1985) Promises to Keep (1985) A Time to Triumph (1986) My Two Loves (1986) (TV) The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1986–1987) CBS Summer Playhouse (1 episode, 1987) A Conspiracy of Love (1987) The Town Bully (1988) Meet the Munceys (1988) Dolphin Cove (1989) Nightmare Classics (1 episode, 1989) The Baby-Sitters Club (1 episode, 1990) Over My Dead Body (1 episode, 1991) The Hollow Boy (1991) Swans Crossing (1992) References External links 1937 births 2014 deaths American television directors Film producers from Illinois American male screenwriters Writers from Chicago Film directors from Illinois Deaths from pneumonia in California Screenwriters from Illinois