Biography
John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter and director. He was born in 1950 in The Bronx, New York, and studied at New York University.
Shanley wrote the screenplay for the film Moonstruck (1987), for which he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His play Doubt: A Parable (2005) won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play; he later wrote and directed the 2008 film adaptation. Other screen credits include Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), which he also directed, Alive (1993), Congo (1995) and Wild Mountain Thyme (2020).
