Shane Black

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Biography

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 …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

December 16, 1961

LATEST CREDITS

Tales From The Script

Himself

Jeezum Crow

Actor

Predator

Hawkins

Dead Heat

Patrolman

As Good As It Gets

Cafe 24 Manager

Robocop 3

Donnelly

Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Himself

Doc Savage

Director, Screenplay

Iron Man 3

Director

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Director, Screenplay, Story By

Cold Warrior

Director, Screenplay (rewrite )

Death Note

Director

The Last Boy Scout

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Agent Century 21

Executive Producer

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Producer, Screenplay

Last Action Hero

Screenplay

The Monster Squad

Screenplay

Lethal Weapon

Screenplay

Lethal Weapon 2

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