Emerging from Meridian, Mississippi, and a Purdue University theatre graduate honored as both an Old Master and a Purdue Legacy, Tom Moore launched his directing career in the late 1960s with productions such as Loot at Brandeis and Oh, What a Lovely War! at SUNY Buffalo. He broke into film by helming the 1970 horror picture Mark Of The Witch and later adapted the Pulitzer-winning drama ’night, Mo…