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Shane Black

Shane Black

Highest Rated: 91% The Nice Guys (2016)

Lowest Rated: 0% Any Day (2015)

Birthday: Dec 16, 1961

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

On his way to becoming one of the highest-paid screenwriters in motion picture history, Shane Black redefined the action movie by flipping its stale conventions upon its head while producing untold numbers of pale imitators. Black shot to the top of the class with his first script, "Lethal Weapon" (1987), which resuscitated the buddy cop genre on its way to becoming one of the biggest hits of the year. It also spawned three sequels over the next decade, but Black only had his hand in writing the original draft for "Lethal Weapon 2" (1989). Meanwhile, he landed a huge payday for his spec for "The Last Boy Scout" (1991) and became one of Hollywood's top-earning rewrite specialists, raking in a cool million per job. But nothing compared to the $4 million score he managed for "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996), especially in light of the action flick's subsequent failure at the box office. After taking nearly a decade off to throw some of Hollywood's most notorious parties, Black reemerged as the writer and director of "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" (2005), a hilarious and highly-entertaining action-comedy that unfortunately flopped at the box office, but nonetheless put him on sure footing for a solid comeback.

Highest rated movies

80% Predator
0% Any Day

Photos

Shane Black THE NICE GUYS, director Shane Black, on set, 2016. ph: Daniel McFadden/© Warner Bros. KISS KISS BANG BANG, director Shane Black, producer Joel Silver on set, 2005, (c) Warner Brothers THE NICE GUYS, from left: Angourie Rice, director Shane Black, on set, 2016. ph: Daniel McFadden/© Warner Bros. THE NICE GUYS, from left: Russell Crowe (in car), Ryan Gosling, producer Joel Silver, director Shane Black, on set, 2016. ph: Daniel McFadden/© Warner Bros. IRON MAN 3, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, director Shane Black, on set, 2013. ph: Zade Rosenthal/©Walt Disney Pictures PREDATOR, Shane Black, Sonny Landham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Chaves, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, 1987. TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. KISS KISS BANG BANG, Director Shane Black, Robert Downey Jr., on set, 2005, (c) Warner Brothers KISS KISS BANG BANG, director Shane Black, Robert Downey Jr. on set, 2005, (c) Warner Brothers THE NICE GUYS, from left: director Shane Black, Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, on set, 2016. ph: Daniel McFadden/© Warner Bros.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 83% In Search of the Last Action Heroes Self - 2019
34% 32% The Predator Director,
Screenwriter
$51.0M 2018
No Score Yet 26% Swing State Luke (Character) - 2016
91% 79% The Nice Guys Director,
Screenwriter
$36.2M 2016
0% 25% Any Day Gino (Character) - 2015
79% 78% Iron Man 3 Director,
Screenwriter
$409.0M 2013
No Score Yet 73% Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter Disembodied Voice (Voice) - 2013
86% 87% Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Director,
Writer,
Producer
$4.2M 2005
52% 64% Lethal Weapon 4 Writer $129.8M 1998
8% 15% An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn Self $43.9K 1997
68% 70% The Long Kiss Goodnight Writer,
Producer
$33.4M 1996
42% 48% Last Action Hero Screenwriter - 1993
58% 61% Lethal Weapon 3 Writer $142.0M 1992
46% 68% The Last Boy Scout Screenwriter $57.9M 1991
80% 87% Predator Hawkins (Character) $54.4M 1987
80% 86% Lethal Weapon Writer $61.0M 1987
56% 78% The Monster Squad Screenwriter $3.8M 1987

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2016