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Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) to The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), and in between a...
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4 wins & 13 nominations.
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Writer (17 credits)
Writer (17 credits)
Lethal Weapon
(TV Series) (based on the screenplay written by - 1 episode, 2016) (story by - 1 episode, 2016)
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Actor (16 credits)
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Director (6 credits)
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Self (41 credits)
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I'm not in the market any more to crash helicopters or blow up the Washington Monument. I'm certainly content to stick at -- if not the $15-million level -- then certainly below the level of blockbuster. See more »Trivia:
The $1.75 million he received for his screenplay for The Last Boy Scout (1991) was the highest to date in 1990. He then topped it when he sold the script to The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) for $4 million a few years later. Both were box-office disappointments that later found cult audiences on home video. See more »Trademark:
Five of his screenplays begin with the letter "L" See more »Star Sign:
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