Shane Black

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/16/1961
Birthplace:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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biography
Known to eschew Hollywood power restaurants, preferring a dinner of pizza followed by ice cream bars, Shane Black has nevertheless become one of the highest-paid screenwriters in motion picture history, particularly specializing in the action-adventure genre.

Originally intending to become an actor while at UCLA, Black was encouraged to try his hand at scriptwriting by a long-time friend, director Fred Dekker. At age 24, he wrote a screenplay which won him an agent and several meetings at studios, but instead of purchasing his script, the moguls wanted to give him assignments instead. Continued

Credits
Story By
2005
Director
2005
Screenplay
2005
Characters as Source Material
1998
Screenplay
1996
Producer
1996
screenplay
1996
Characters as Source Material
1992
screenplay
1991
From Story
1991
Executive Producer
1991
From Story
1989
Characters as Source Material
1989
Screenplay
1987
screenplay
1987
Screenplay
Hawkins
screenplay
screenplay
milestones
Year
Milestone
1986 
Sold "Lethal Weapon" screenplay written on speculation for $250,000 (film released 1987)
1987 
Made acting debut with bit in "Predator"
1988 
Walked off "Lethal Weapon II" project when not allowed to kill off Mel Gibson character
1991 
"The Last Boy Scout," for which Black was paid a then-precedent setting $1.75 million, released; also executive producer
1993 
Did rewrite on "Last Action Hero;" shared final screenplay credit
Continued