William Monahan

American screenwriter and novelist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay was The Departed, a film that earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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William Monahan
October 2006
Born (1960-11-03) November 3, 1960 (age 62)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • novelist
  • journalist
  • esssayist
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Notable awardsAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2007)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2007)
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