The director and screenwriter William Monahan He was born on November 3, 1960 in the city of Boston (Massachusetts), in the United States. Monahan I study in the University of Massachusetts, specializing in Elizabethan and Jacobin Drama. After finishing his studies, he moved to New York City where he collaborated with the newspaper New York Press and the magazines Talk, Maxim Y Spy.
In 1997 he won the literary award Pushcart Prize, for his story “A Relation of Various Accidents Observable in Some Animals Included in Vacuo“. Monahan he also wrote the novel “Light House: A Trifle“, whose cinematographic rights were reserved by the studios Warner Bros. The novel was published in 2000 receiving the praise of specialized critics. Warner Studios ultimately did not make the film adaptation and Monahan he regained his rights.
In 2001 the 20th Century Fox bought his script “Tripoli“which narrated the epic march of William Eaton on the city of Tripoli, during the Berber Wars; the script was given to the director Ridley scott for its realization. During one of the encounters of Monahan with Scott, the latter mentioned his wishes to direct a film about medieval knights. Monahan suggested the theme of the Crusades and Scott hired him to write the script for “Kingdom of heaven“, premiered in Spain with the title of”The kingdom of heaven“(2005) and that featured the performances of Orlando Bloom, Eva green Y Liam Neeson.
Finally “Tripoli“It was not done so far, but the writing of the script for”The kingdom of heaven“It was a turning point in the career of Monahan, which was consolidating year after year. Shortly after the premiere of “The kingdom of heaven“, was hired by the production company Plan B, pertaining to the actor Brad Pitt, to adapt a script for the director’s film Andrew Lau, “Infernal AffairsOnce completed, the story was directed by Martin Scorsese and premiered in 2006 with the title of “The infiltrators“. For this job Monahan received two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, one of one Writers Guild of America and the other from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“The infiltrators“, made by Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg Y Martin Sheen, was nominated for five awards Oscar in 2007, winning four of them including Best film, Best Direction (Martin Scorsese), Best Editing, in addition to the award for Best Adapted Screenplay in order to Monahan.
After winning the Academy Award, Monahan was hired to work on two new feature films: an adaptation of the Hong Kong film “Confession of pain“and an original film about the history of rock and roll, entitled”The Long Play“, based on a creation of Mick jagger. Both projects are in negotiation stages.
In 2008 “Network of lies“, a thriller made on a script by Monahan which was directed by Ridley scott and again had the leading role of Leonardo Dicaprio, seconded by Russell crowe.
Two years later, Monahan he made his directorial debut in the film he also wrote, “London boulevard“based on a novel by Ken bruen, where the story is told of a man recently released from prison who falls in love with a movie star. Colin farrell Y Keria knightley they play the central roles in the film, released on November 26, 2010 in the UK.
His is also the script of “Edge of Darkness“(2010), crime and mystery drama that starred Mel Gibson and directed Martin Campbell.
There are many projects in which this brilliant writer is involved for the next few years. Among them, he has made the scripts for the feature films “Oblivion“, an action and science fiction film that will star Jessica chastain, Olivia wilde Y Tom cruise; and the drama “Wartime Lies“, which he will also produce. He will also be the director and producer of another story of his own; it is”Becket“, a historical drama based on the life of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England, who was martyred by the King Henry II in the twelfth century.
Monahan He is also working on almost a dozen feature films, details of which are not yet known.