Education
Perl briefly attended Cornell University, but did not graduate.
playwright screenwriter film producer
Perl briefly attended Cornell University, but did not graduate.
He had written for the television series The Big Story, Naked City, The Doctors and the Nurses, East Side/West Side and North.Y.P.D., which he created with David Susskind. Perl also co-wrote the screenplay for Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), actor Ossie Davis" film directing debut. Perl also wrote and directed the documentary film Malcolm X (1972).
Perl died in 1971.
Perl"s script for the film was later re-written by Spike Lee for his 1992 film on Malcolm X.