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DetailsNationality: American
Birthdate: 10/03/1950
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
biography
In his early years as an off-Broadway playwright, John Patrick Shanley was celebrated for his intense dialogue and for his dysfunctional young New Yorkers in search of identity and love. His big-screen, romantic comedy version of his storytelling was the hit movie “Moonstruck” (1987), which earned the Irish-American an Academy Award for his script. He stayed in Hollywood for a number of years, where he wrote and directed the critically lambasted “Joe vs. the Volcano” (1990) and was subsequently pegged as an adventure writer, hired to do script adaptations like “Congo” (1993) and “Alive”
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Milestone
Raised in East Bronx, NY
Began writing poetry at age 11
Wrote first play, "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," while working as bartender in the 1970s
1982
First play produced in NYC, "Welcome to the Moon"
1985
Play "Savage in Limbo" produced Off-Off-Broadway
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