Mark Medoff

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
03/18/1940
Birthplace:
Mount Carmel, Illinois
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A college professor of English since 1966 at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, Medoff took up playwriting and had his first play, the grim and claustrophobic "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?", produced Off-Broadway in 1974. (Its 1979 screen adaptation was a critical and box office disappointment). The following year, he was appointed the university's dramatist-in-residence and subsequently appointed chair of the drama department in 1978. That same year, he had a first screenplay, the co-authored script for the routine Chuck Norris action vehicle, "Good Guys Wear Black (1978), Continued
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1998
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1966 
Joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico
1973 
Had his first play, "When You Comin' Back, Red Rider?" produced
1975 
Was appointed dramatist-in-residence at the University of New Mexico
1978 
Named chair of the drama department at University of New Mexico
1978 
First screenplay credit, "Good Guys Wear Black"
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