1. Shane Black was born on December 16,1961 and 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.
24 Facts About Shane Black
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Shane Black is known as the original creator of the Lethal Weapon franchise.
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Shane Black made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005.
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Shane Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys, and The Predator.
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Shane Black was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Paul and Patricia Ann Shane Black.
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Shane Black's father was in the printing business, and helped Black develop his interest in hardboiled fiction, including the works of Mickey Spillane and the Matt Helm series.
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Shane Black grew up in the suburbs of Lower Burrell and Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and later moved to Fullerton, California, during his sophomore year of high school.
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Shane Black attended UCLA, where he majored in film and theater and graduated in 1983.
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Black's older brother, Terry Black, who wrote short stories, decided to move into screenplays starting with 1988's Dead Heat, in which Shane had a cameo.
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Since then, Shane Black has acted in five additional films and in two episodes for the TV series Dark Justice.
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Shane Black considers it to be his best work and the best script he has written.
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Shane Black earned $1 million for his rewrite of Last Action Hero in 1993.
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Shane Black set a record by receiving $4 million for writing The Long Kiss Goodnight in 1994.
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Shane Black made his directorial debut with 2005's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and later directed 2013's Iron Man 3, which as of 2024 ranks as the twenty-fifth-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.
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Shane Black next directed and co-wrote Edge, a pilot for a potential series for Amazon Studios.
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Shane Black followed this with the action comedy The Nice Guys, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, and produced by Joel Silver.
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Shane Black next directed the fourth non-Alien-related film in the Predator series, The Predator, which he co-wrote with Fred Dekker.
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Shane Black hired his friend Steven Wilder Striegel for a minor, un-auditioned role in The Predator.
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Shane Black initially defended his decision and his friend, but later rescinded them and released a public apology.
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Shane Black has a recognizable writing style characterized by stories in which two main characters become friends, problematic protagonists who become better human beings at the end of the narrative, and trade witty dialogue, featuring labyrinthine crime plots, often set during Christmas time.
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Shane Black sometimes directs comments at studio executives and script readers.
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Shane Black gave a list of techniques he uses when writing films in an interview with The Guardian.
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Shane Black explains that Christmas, which has been used as a backdrop in Lethal Weapon, Last Action Hero, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys, is a touchstone for him, explaining:.
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Shane Black received the Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival October 21,2006.