Shane Black

WritingBorn: December 16, 1961in 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 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), and The Predator (2018).

Shane Black

In Search of Tomorrow

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

Wolfman's Got Nards

Swing State

Any Day

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

Iron Man 3 Unmasked

Tales from the Script

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

The Craft of Dirty Harry

Predator: Camouflage

Predator: Character Design

Predator: Classified Action

Predator: Old Painless

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

As Good as It Gets

RoboCop 3

The Hunt for Red October

Dead Heat

Predator

Predator: The Unseen Arnold