Shane Black
| Shane Black | |
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December 16, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor, known for writing the 1987 action film hit Lethal Weapon, and his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. His acting credits include appearing in Predator, the first film in the series of which he is currently set to write and direct the next installment, The Predator.
In 2013, he co-wrote and directed Iron Man 3, which as of mid-2016 ranks as the tenth highest-grossing film worldwide.
Black was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Paul and Patricia Ann Black. His father was in the printing business, and helped Black get an interest in hardboiled fiction, such as the works of Mickey Spillane and the Matt Helm series.
After living in the suburbs of Lower Burrell and Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Fullerton, California, during his sophomore year of high school. There he attended Sunny Hills High School and later UCLA where he majored in film and theater. While Black had a long history writing comic strips, short stories, and journalism, only during his senior year did he decide to make a living from it once his classmate Fred Dekker showed him a science fiction script he did for an assignment. Black's older brother Terry also wrote short stories and decided to move into screenplays starting with 1988's Dead Heat.
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