Shane Black

Known for WritingBorn 1961-12-16 (age 64)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Iron Man 3 Unmasked

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

Wolfman's Got Nards

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

Lethal Weapon

Predator

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

As Good as It Gets

The Nice Guys

The Hunt for Red October

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

Lethal Weapon

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Iron Man 3

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Lethal Weapon 2

Play Dirty

In Search of Tomorrow

The Last Boy Scout

Lethal Weapon 3

The Monster Squad

Tales from the Script

Lethal Weapon 4

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Last Action Hero

The Craft of Dirty Harry

Dead Heat

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

The Predator

Any Day

Edge

RoboCop 3

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

Swing State

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Container

Edge

The Executioner

Cold Warrior

Lethal Weapon 5