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John Patrick Shanley

Writer

John Patrick Shanley

Born October 3, 1950 in The Bronx, New York, USA15 films

John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He also contributed articles on the performing arts to The New York Times among other publications.

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Doubt posterFirst watchDoubt20087.2In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Alive poster6.9Alive1993Moonstruck poster6.8Moonstruck1987Congo poster5.6Congo1995We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story poster6.1We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story1993Joe Versus the Volcano poster5.8Joe Versus the Volcano1990Wild Mountain Thyme poster5.3Wild Mountain Thyme2020Live from Baghdad poster6.7Live from Baghdad2002The January Man poster5.0The January Man1989

Filmography

15 films
  1. 2024After The DelugeWriter
  2. 2021Doubt: A ParableWriter
  3. 2020Wild Mountain ThymeScreenplay
  4. 2019The Red CoatWriter
  5. 2019Cuomo: DoubtWriter
  6. 2018The Portuguese KidWriter
  7. 2008DoubtTheatre Play
  8. 2002Live from BaghdadWriter
  9. 1995CongoScreenplay
  10. 1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryScreenplay
  11. 1993AliveScreenplay
  12. 1990Joe Versus the VolcanoScreenplay
  13. 1989The January ManWriter
  14. 1987MoonstruckWriter
  15. 1987Five CornersWriter