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John D. F. Black

Highest Rated: 88% Shaft (1971)

Lowest Rated: 14% Trouble Man (1972)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1932

Birthplace: USA

A well-respected and busy writer during his heyday, John D.F. Wilson had a career marked by a great deal of variety across a number of genres. Although he primarily became known as a TV writer, his first credit was in film, specifically the 1957 horror feature"The Unearthly," starring John Carradine as an insane doctor performing longevity experiments on hospital patients. Wilson quickly shifted to the small screen after this, writing for several shows in the crime and Western veins, both ubiquitous genres at the time. He contributed scripts for FBI drama "The Untouchables" (1962) and horse opera "Laredo" (1965), among others. He took a giant step into outer space after this when he took the position of story editor on "Star Trek" (1966). Although his work was generally administrative, he did write one episode, "The Naked Time." Despite its later popularity, the series didn't last long and Wilson moved on to other productions. The busy writer did scripts for shows like "Hawaii Five-O" and "Mission: Impossible" (1968) during this period. Several years later, he wrote what would be the most enduring film associated with his name, the 1971 blaxploitation detective thriller "Shaft." His movie and TV work petered out in the late 1970s, although he returned to the Star Trek universe briefly when he penned two episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987.

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Highest rated movies

88% 68% Shaft
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14% 65% Trouble Man
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A Shadow in the Streets
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Gunfight in Abilene
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The Clone Master
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77% Wonder Woman
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Clone Master Producer - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Shadow in the Streets Producer - 1975
No Score Yet 77% Wonder Woman Screenwriter,
Executive Producer
- 1974
14% 65% Trouble Man Screenwriter - 1972
88% 68% Shaft Screenwriter - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunfight in Abilene Screenwriter - 1967

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Writer 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Director 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Together Writer 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Room 222 Writer 1970-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mary Tyler Moore Show Writer 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaii Five-0 Writer 1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission: Impossible Writer 1968
80% 89% Star Trek Writer 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Writer 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Writer 1964-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Writer 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Writer 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Writer 1962-1963