Moray Black, owner and president of Moray Black Productions, Inc. is the son of Ian Stuart Black

Ian Stuart Black, author of 11 novels, began writing novels in the late 1950s, with In the Wake of a Stranger (1953), The Passionate City (1958), The Yellow Flag (1959), Love in Four Countries (1961), and The High Bright Sun (1962). In the Wake of a Stranger was filmed in 1958 and The High Bright Sun was made into a film starring Dirk Bogarde and directed by Ralph Thomas in 1963.

1975 saw publication of his novel The Man on the Bridge - Then came Caribbean Strip (1978), Journey to a Safe Place (1979), and Creatures in a Dream (1985). His last novel, Cry Wolf, was published in 1990.

Television shows written by Ian Stuart black include Dr. Who, Danger Man (Secret Agent in the US) Fabien of Scotland Yard and many shows that became cult favorites including:
Star Maidens"
  • Creatures of the Mind
  • Test for Love
  • The Perfect Couple
  • The Trial
  • What Have They Done to the Rain?

"The Outsiders" "Elephant Boy" "Armchair Cinema – Tully” "Castaway" "Redgauntlet" or “The Rebellious Red Gauntlets” in the USA "The Champions - Desert Journey” "Champion House" "Ransom for a Pretty Girl" "The Man in Room 17" "The Saint - The Death Penalty” "The Sentimental Agent" "Man of the World" "Sir Francis Drake" "Invisible Man" "William Tell" "Fabian of the Yard"

"Doctor Who"
  • The Macra Terror
  • The War Machines
  • The Savages

"Adam Adamant Lives!"
  • Another Little Drink
  •The Basardi Affair

"Danger Man"
  • The Journey Ends Halfway
  • Deadline
  • Sabotage
  • The Girl in Pink Pajamas
  • Time to Kill

Moray went into the “family business” working in theatre in the UK (which included going to the 1972 Hong Kong Festival of Arts with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre) and television and film.

On the set of the film “The Long Days Dying” actor David Hemmings arranged for Moray to be literally “blown up”… What happened was, in order to bring the suddenly impatient Hemmings a much needed “cuppa tea”, Moray had to use a ladder in order to climb up a very muddy hill to where the movie's star waited. As he reached the top, an explosive charge went off directly underneath him sending him flying into the mud and covered in tea. Rumor has it this stunt was staged in reprisal for Moray’s actions during a very cold wet night shoot that had Hemmings crawling through thick sticky mud. At the end of one very arduous scene Moray helped the grumbling actor out of the mud and back on to his feet when the whining from the star (quite famous at the time because of the cult classic movie “Blow Up” by director Michelangelo Antonioni got to him. So with a very gentle push he sent the actor back into the mud – face down! The director's (Peter Collinson) only remark was “Moray, be careful… that’s 1.5 million pounds you’ve got there…” So perhaps that was why Moray was exploded…

He survived, and in 1975 he and his American born wife Therese moved back to the USA and began to work in “Industrial Theatre”.