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Shane Black
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Shane Black is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 1961. He began his professional work period in 1987 and is a member of the Writers Guild of America West. Black was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, and works in the United States. He speaks and writes in English.
His filmography includes works such as *Devils Demons and Dead Men* and *Incredible Untold Story of Sailor Moon*. According to Open Library, he has 15 associated works, while Crossref lists five. A separate MusicBrainz entry for a group named Shane Black identifies them as a British blues rock and hard rock act, distinct from the American filmmaker.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Strike Battleship Engineers
- Dawnsong Promotional Edition
- Devils Demons and Dead Men
- Incredible Untold Story of Sailor Moon
- Strike Battleship Marines
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1968-09
- Active to
- 2025-07-05
Discography
- Black Sabbath1970
- Paranoid1970
- Master of Reality1971
- Vol 41972
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath1973
- Sabotage1975
- Technical Ecstasy1976
- Never Say Die!1978
- Heaven and Hell1980
- Mob Rules1981
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 770
- Total plays
- 1,432
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shane+Black">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,789x
- The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities
· 1973 · cited 19,805x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,974x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD
· 1934 · cited 17,158x
via Crossref · CC0
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”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Black
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Shane Black at 53rd Saturn Awards 2026.jpg
- Work location
- United States
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1961-12-16
- Commons category
- Shane Black
- name in native language
- Shane Black
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Shane Black
- topic has template
- Template:Shane Black
- social media followers
- 30523
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor, known for his distinctive style of action and action comedy films. He originated the Lethal Weapon franchise, and has also written such films as The Monster Squad (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Hawkins in Predator (1987).
He made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), The Predator (2018) and Play Dirty (2025).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shane Black” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.