Shane Black
Categories: American screenwriters | American actors | 1961 births
Although Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) began his career as an actor, his main claim to fame has been as the screenwriter responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout.
At the height of his career he was the highest paid screenwriter in the Hollywood movie industry. He received US$1.75 million for his screenplay The Last Boy Scout and US$4 million for penning The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Shane Black also wrote the screen play for the upcoming Blockbuster Hit titled "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" starring Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr.
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