Portrait of Don Black

Writing

Don Black

Career

Active from 1977 to 2022, with a break from 1985 to 2019, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score42/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
GoodWatch score42/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Don Black Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Tension
    4.0, average 6.0
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    20
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Sunset Boulevard
    Sunset Boulevard

    Musical, Lyricist

    2020s

    6 titles
    Starlight Express
    Starlight Express (2026)

    Lyricist

    Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical
    Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical (2025)

    Lyricist

    Bonnie & Clyde
    Bonnie & Clyde (2023)

    Author, Lyricist

    Dracula: The Musical
    Dracula: The Musical (2022)

    Writer, Lyricist

    Tell Me on a Sunday
    Tell Me on a Sunday (2021)

    Lyricist

    Sunset Boulevard in Concert
    Sunset Boulevard in Concert (2020)

    Lyricist, Writer

    1990s

    1 title ยท average score 33
    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
    GoodWatch score 33

    Lyricist

    1980s

    4 titles ยท average score 54
    The Worst Witch
    The Worst Witch (1986)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Lyricist

    Song & Dance
    Song & Dance (1984)

    Musical, Lyricist

    Countdown
    Countdown (1982)
    GoodWatch score 40

    TV show

    Tell Me on a Sunday
    Tell Me on a Sunday (1980)

    Lyricist, Writer

    1970s

    5 titles ยท average score 60
    Gulliver's Travels
    Gulliver's Travels (1977)
    GoodWatch score 42

    Screenplay

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again
    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Lyricist

    Love Among the Ruins
    Love Among the Ruins (1976)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Lyricist

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Lyricist

    First Love
    First Love (1970)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Lyricist

    1960s

    3 titles ยท average score 78
    True Grit
    True Grit (1969)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Lyricist

    Omnibus
    Omnibus (1967)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show

    Born Free
    Born Free (1966)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Lyricist