Yale Udoff Explained

Yale Udoff
Birth Date:March 29, 1935
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Death Date:July 19, 2018 (aged 83)
Death Place:Burbank, California, U.S.
Education:Michigan State University
Georgetown University Law Center
Occupation:Screenwriter, playwright
Spouse:Sally Shulamit

Yale M. Udoff (March 29, 1935 – July 19, 2018)[1] was an American screenwriter and playwright.

Early life

Udoff was born on March 29, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York City.[2] He graduated from Michigan State University and earned a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.[3]

Career

Udoff first worked for CBS, followed by ABC.[3] He worked with producers Roone Arledge, Douglas S. Cramer and Edgar Scherick. In 1980, he was the screenwriter for Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg.[2] [3] With director Duncan Gibbins, he co-wrote the script for Eve of Destruction in 1991.[2]

Udoff wrote several plays, including The Little Gentleman & The Club and A Gun Play.[3] His Magritte Skies was staged at Playwrights Horizons in New York City in 1976.[4]

Personal life and death

Udoff married Sally Shulamit. She predeceased him in 2010.[2]

Udoff died on July 19, 2018, in Burbank, California.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: In Memoriam 2018. Writers Guild of America. December 29, 2019.
  2. News: Barnes . Mike . Yale Udoff, 'Bad Timing' Screenwriter and 'Batman' TV Booster, Dies at 83 . August 1, 2018 . The Hollywood Reporter . July 27, 2018.
  3. News: Clopton . Ellis . 'Bad Timing' Screenwriter Yale Udoff Dies at 83 . August 1, 2018 . Variety . July 26, 2018.
  4. Internet Off-Broadway Database, http://www.iobdb.com/production/4168.