Mr.
John Patrick Shanley
Independent
Writer (playwright)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
2007
John Patrick Shanley is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning American playwright, an Oscar winning screenwriter, and a theatre and film director. Author, and often director of more than 23 plays performed worldwide. Awarded Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay written directly for the screen for Moonstruck (1987) and Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Play for Doubt (2005). Plays include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (1983), Savage in Limbo (1984), Beggars in the House of Plenty (1991), and Sailor's Song (2004). Directed several award-winning films including Alive (1993) and Congo (1995).
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