Shane Black

Person · Open Library

Works

15

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Film & TV

Writing · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American filmmaker and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero, and The Long Kiss Goodnight. He is also known as the original creator of the Lethal Weapon franchise. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987). He made his directorial debut with the…

Known for

• In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
• In Search of the Last Action Heroes — Self2019
• Wolfman's Got Nards — Self2018
• Swing State — Luke2017
• Any Day — Gino2015
• Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe — Self2014
• Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter — Disembodied Voice (voice)2013
• Iron Man 3 Unmasked — Self2013
• Tales from the Script — Self2009
• The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry — Self2008

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1968-09

Active to

2025-07-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

770

Total plays

1,432

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

   · 2015 · cited 22,980x

2. The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities

   · 1973 · cited 19,715x

3. Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

   · 2012 · cited 17,740x

4. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,412x

5. AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD

   · 1934 · cited 16,707x

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Quotes

• “The cult surprised me. I didn't even realise it had been successful. I loved it, I had fun working on it and it was one of the first things I'd ever written. And it wasn't just that it wasn't a hit - it was a huge failure. No one saw it. I don't know how on earth it caught on years later.”
• “It would be interesting to have two movies - one The Monster Squad, and one The Monster Squad and they're 30 years apart and so are the kids; the characters have aged. As long as people understood that's what we're doing, I think that could be fun. That's a good idea”

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Key facts

Born

( 1961-12-16 ) December 16, 1961 (age 64) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , U.S.

Alma mater

University of California, Los Angeles ( BA )

Occupations

Film director film producer screenwriter actor

Years active

1986–present

Notable work

Lethal Weapon The Last Boy Scout The Long Kiss Goodnight Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Iron Man 3 The Nice Guys The Predator

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Wikidata facts

Image

Shane Black at 53rd Saturn Awards 2026.jpg

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