Shane Black was born and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but his family moved to Fullerton, California during his high school years. In college he studied theater and graduated with a degree from UCLA in 1983. After graduating from UCLA he spent time with a close circle of film-buff friends and originally was interested in acting. However, it was in screenwriting that he found his biggest successes.
He made his mark as a screenwriter after his action/buddy script Lethal Weapon became a runaway hit at the box-office with stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a pair of mismatched cops. Black’s storytelling gave birth to one of the more successful movie franchises in film history. His follow up screenplay The Last Boy Scout starred Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private-eye whose penchant for booze was offset by his strict code of ethics. Thereafter came The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis as a suburban homemaker with amnesia who discovers she was once a kick-ass top-secret agent.
Shane Black wrote and directed Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a film-noir-esque action/comedy about a petty thief from New York who finds himself embroiled in a Hollywood mystery. Black received the Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival and also received the Best Original Screenplay award for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang' from the San Diego Film Critics Association.
February 17th at 7:30pm
Shane Black will be in attendance and doing a Q&A after the screening of "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" which will be at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
