Shane Salerno

Writer

Shane Salerno

Born November 27, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA10 films

Shane Salerno is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He has written or co-written several blockbuster films including Armageddon and Shaft and is also one of the writer-producers of the successful CBS drama series Hawaii Five-0. He is the director of the forthcoming documentary Salinger, screenwriter of Fantastic Voyage produced by James Cameron and co-screenwriter and executive producer of Savages, directed by Oliver Stone.

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Detour Magazine voted him one of "Hollywood's true shapers of popular culture" and Fade In Magazine, selected Salerno as one of the "100 people you need to know in Hollywood".

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Avatar: The Way of Water posterFirst watchAvatar: The Way of Water20227.6Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep…View film

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Avatar: Fire and Ash poster7.6Avatar: Fire and Ash2025Armageddon poster6.8Armageddon1998Savages poster6.4Savages2012Shaft poster6.0Shaft2000Aliens vs Predator: Requiem poster5.2Aliens vs Predator: Requiem2007Salinger poster6.4Salinger2013

Filmography

10 films
  1. 2031Avatar 5Story
  2. 2029Avatar 4Story
  3. 2025Avatar: Fire and AshStory
  4. 2022Avatar: The Way of WaterStory
  5. 2013SalingerWriter
  6. 2012SavagesScreenplay
  7. 2007Aliens vs Predator: RequiemScreenplay
  8. 2001UC: UndercoverWriter
  9. 2000ShaftStory
  10. 1998ArmageddonAdaptation