William J. Monahan
William Monahan, at The Departed's Boston Premiere, Loews Boston Common, on October 3, 2006. The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Born	November 3, 1960 (1960-11-03) (age 47) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pen name	Claude La Badarian[1]
Occupation	Screenwriter Novelist Journalist Essayist Critic
Nationality	American
Notable work(s)	Novel Light House: A Trifle (2000) Serial Dining Late with Claude La Badarian (2001) Film Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Departed (2006)
Influences William Shakespeare,[2] Martin Amis,[3] Alan Sillitoe,[4] Robert Bolt,[5] David Lean[5]

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The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story After attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he studied Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, Monahan, already a professional writer while an undergraduate, as well as a musician in Northampton, Massachusetts, moved to New York City to pursue a career as a journalist, writer and critic. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word He wrote many satirical pieces for New York Press, a few reviews for The New York Post, and contributed to the magazines Talk, Maxim, and Bookforum. New York Press is a free Alternative weekly in New York City. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually Talk was an American Magazine which was published from 1999 to 2001 Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular Actresses Bookforum is an international Magazine devoted to the discussion of new Books (as its sister publication Artforum is likewise devoted He was also an editor at Spy magazine. Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media Spy magazine was a satirical monthly founded in 1986 by Kurt Andersen and E He won a 1997 Pushcart Prize when the Amherst literary magazine Old Crow Review nominated one of his short stories. The Pushcart Prize is a prestigious American Literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry short fiction essays or literary whatnot" published A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense The Old Crow Review was an English-language Literary magazine established in Amherst Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney owner of FkB The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such After Spy failed, he concentrated on writing films and he wrote Light House: A Trifle, his first novel, which garnered praise from critics. Light House A Trifle is a 2000 satirical Novel by American Screenwriter William Monahan (his first

Monahan went to work in Hollywood in 1998, when Warner Bros. bought the film rights to Light House: A Trifle while it was still in manuscript, and contracted him to adapt it to the screen for director Gore Verbinski. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Gregor "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16 1964) is an American Film director and Writer. In 2001, 20th Century Fox bought Monahan's spec script about the Barbary Wars called Tripoli, with Ridley Scott, who was to become Monahan's primary collaborator, attached to direct. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television The Barbary Wars (or Tripolitan Wars were two wars between the United States of America and Barbary States in North Africa in the early 19th century Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award Nominated and Golden Globe Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning Monahan has since worked with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, among other filmmakers. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. His first produced screenplay, Kingdom of Heaven was made into a film by Ridley Scott and released to theaters in 2005. Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 Epic film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. His second produced screenplay was The Departed, a film which earned him a WGA award and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States

Monahan prefers that screenplays be written by one writer rather than a collaboration of multiple screenwriters writing competing drafts. Thus far he has followed his scripts through production. In 2006, Monahan started his own production company, Henceforth, and negotiated a "first-look" producing deal with Warner Bros. A first look deal is an arrangement usually in the Film industry, where either a company or in some cases an individual enters into a commercial agreement Monahan currently resides on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and two children. North Shore is a Region north of Boston, consisting chiefly of communities in Essex County along Massachusetts Bay. ^[2]

Contents 1 Early years 1.1 Musician 1.2 Man of letters 1.3 Light House: A Trifle 2 Screenwriting career 2.1 Tripoli 2.2 Negotiating deals and production rewriting 2.3 Kingdom of Heaven released to theaters 2.4 Best Adapted Screenplay Awards for The Departed 2.5 Taking on producing roles with intent to direct 3 Writing process 4 Credits 4.1 Essays, criticism, reviews, and short fiction 4.2 Novels 4.3 Films 4.4 Screenplays (unproduced) 5 References and notes 6 Further reading 6.1 Interviews 7 External links

Early years

Monahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts to an Irish-American family and was raised Catholic. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". He spent his early years in the neighborhood of Roslindale, eventually moving to the suburbs of Boston at age six when his parents divorced. Roslindale is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Mattapan and ^[2][7] Over the years he frequently moved, living in many of the suburban communities on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his mother and sister. North Shore is a Region north of Boston, consisting chiefly of communities in Essex County along Massachusetts Bay. ^[4] His father worked as an engineer and lived in the neighborhood of West Roxbury. An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. Founded in 1630 (contemporaneously with Boston) West Roxbury, Massachusetts was originally part of the town of Roxbury and was mainly used as Monahan regularly visited, and immersed himself in his father's extensive book collection; he particularly enjoyed reading Shakespeare's plays. William Shakespeare ( baptised ^[8][2] His interest in movies began at age seven, when it occurred to him that a screenwriter was behind the story in Lawrence of Arabia;^[5] he wrote his first screenplay at age twelve. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 Epic film based on the life of T ^[9]

While attending the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Monahan studied Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, and began a literary career, publishing in the small presses and zines emerging in the Pioneer Valley. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from See also Alternative media Small press is a term often used to describe Publishers with annual sales below a certain level A zine (an abbreviation of the word Fanzine, or magazine ziːn "zeen" is most commonly a small circulation non-commercial Publication Pioneer Valley is a region consisting of the three counties that the Connecticut River passes through in Western Massachusetts, and especially those towns ^[4] His first published piece was a short story titled "At the Village Hall" appearing in 1991 in the Northampton zine Perkins Press. Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Two years later, his first novel Light House was published serially in the Amherst literary magazine Old Crow Review in five installments; seven years after the first installment, it was eventually released as a book by Riverhead Books under the title Light House: A Trifle. Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense The Old Crow Review was an English-language Literary magazine established in Amherst Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney owner of FkB Riverhead Books is a division of Penguin Group (USA. Notable books and major bestsellers published by Riverhead include Journals by Kurt Cobain Light House A Trifle is a 2000 satirical Novel by American Screenwriter William Monahan (his first When Kurt Vonnegut visited the campus as part of the university's Distinguished Visitors Program, Monahan attended the event as a writer for Old Crow Review and questioned Vonnegut; he later published an account of the experience in a New York Press piece titled "And Slow It Goes". Kurt Vonnegut Jr (November 11 1922 – April 11 2007 (ˈvɒnəgət was a prolific and genre-bending American Novelist known for works blending Satire, Black New York Press is a free Alternative weekly in New York City. ^[10][11][12] At one point during his university years, Monahan entered into a short-lived business partnership with a lady interested in bookmaking (whom he had met when he crashed his motorcycle in front of her car) to print a slate of 100 paperback copies of a short novella he had written titled Jejeune; he quickly reconsidered the undertaking and bought out his partner, burning "all the copies but one". ^[13]

Musician

In the late 1980s Monahan was a musician playing guitar in a band called the Slags; they performed in and around Northampton, Massachusetts before breaking up. Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ^[14] A few years later, he was a guitarist and a song-writer in another band called Foam which produced a demo tape. A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release ^[15] Monahan was also acquainted with Mike Ruffino, a writer and a bassist for The Unband, whom he hired as his assistant when he was editor of Hamptons magazine. The Unband is a Hard rock band composed of drummer Eugene Ferrari, lead singer and guitarist Matthew Pierce, and Mike Ruffino (bass guitars ^[16][17]

Man of letters

Main article: List of works by William Monahan

In 1993 Monahan began contributing essays, short fiction, and cover stories to the alternative weekly newspaper New York Press, where editorial control was extraordinarily permissive, enabling Monahan to write satirical pieces that were markedly erudite and heavily imbued with literary and historical references. This list of works by William Monahan classifies all known works by William Monahan (born November 3 1960) an American Screenwriter An alternative newspaper is a type of Newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated Reviews and columns New York Press is a free Alternative weekly in New York City. ^[18] At first, the response in the letters column to Monahan's satire was favorable, however, in 1995, he regularly courted controversy and reactions from readers became highly polarized, alternately expressing outrage and praise, best exemplified in the essays "The Angel Factory", "Heroin", and "Dr. Rosenthal, I Presume" (See Reception). This list of works by William Monahan classifies all known works by William Monahan (born November 3 1960) an American Screenwriter Especially note-worthy is his cover story "Ceci n'est pas une bombe", in which he proposed a novel theory about the Unabomber's targeting methodology that was ultimately proven correct. ^[19] One of his rejected essays was "My Shits", purportedly a chronicle of his bowel movements over several days, which, according to his former New York Press colleague Todd Seavey, was "a piece that someone had to write sooner or later, given the Family Guy-like ever-grosser trajectory of the Press back then". Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other ^[20] Touching upon the unique substance of the journalism at the Press in the 1990s, Monahan recounts in "Manhattan Samurai" an exchange in which he was asked "How many reporters on your paper?", and remedially explained "We're all sort of essayists, actually. "^[21] Years later, when Monahan was establishing himself as a screenwriter, his peers looked back on his journalism and offered their own characterizations: former New York Press colleague Dawn Eden recalled him "as charming, libertarian-leaning, with a razor-sharp wit that he used in print to anger as many people as possible" and Newsday's Jon Fine considered him to have been "an excellent and scabrous writer". Dawn Eden (full name Dawn Eden Goldstein, born September 3, 1968) is an American author headline writer popular music historian freelance writer and Newsday is a daily Tabloid -size Pulitzer Prize winning Newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City ^[22][23]

Monahan was hired to write a weekly column for Hamptons magazine throughout the summer season of 1995, on account of a scathing review of Manhattan File magazine he had written for New York Press in 1994, titled "Filed Away". ^[24] The publisher of Hamptons magazine, a publication covering The Hamptons summer colony during the tourist season, had initially sought permission from Monahan to reprint his review, hoping to slander Manhattan File for personal reasons but Monahan declined permission; however, he accepted the offer of a weekly column and at the conclusion of its successful run he requested and was promoted to editor for the next year. The Hamptons refers specifically to the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on the east end of Long Island New York. Yet, his stint as editor of Hamptons in 1996 was brief. After editing three issues he quit, and several weeks later he wrote a cover story for New York Press titled "The Burning Deck: My Brilliant Career at Hamptons", in which he described the workplace environment as chaotic and "ridiculously unworkable". ^{[16][25][26][27]}

In the mid-1990s, Monahan resided in New York City and in addition to New York Press he later did freelance work for several other publications: he reviewed books for The New York Post, writing a review of Oliver Stone's first novel A Child's Night Dream in one instance, and contributed to the recently launched men's magazine Maxim, a tremendously successful publication in its first years. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. This is a list of Magazines primarily marketed to Men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular Actresses ^[28][29] An early and avid user of the internet, Monahan frequently participated in discussions at EchoNYC, a distinctly New York online community. ^{[26][30][31][32]} In late 1996, he was awarded a 1997 Pushcart Prize for his short story, "A Relation of Various Accidents Observable in Some Animals Included in Vacuo", having been nominated by the Amherst literary magazine Old Crow Review; the editor of The Pushcart Prize, Bill Henderson, later provided a blurb for Monahan's first novel Light House: A Trifle. The Pushcart Prize is a prestigious American Literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry short fiction essays or literary whatnot" published The Old Crow Review was an English-language Literary magazine established in Amherst Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney owner of FkB ^[33] In 1997, Monahan was hired to work as an editor at Spy magazine, a satirical monthly, by the editor-in-chief Bruno Maddox; later in an interview with The Boston Globe he reminisced that he "had God's own job there". Spy magazine was a satirical monthly founded in 1986 by Kurt Andersen and E Bruno Maddox (born 1969 is a British literary novelist and journalist who is best known for his critically lauded novel My Little Blue Dress (2001 The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Unfortunately, in 1998, Spy magazine was shutdown; he had worked on the last four issues, rewriting the articles and improving the jokes, but was soon out of a job. ^[2]

Light House: A Trifle

Main article: Light House: A Trifle

The failure of Spy magazine was only a brief setback for Monahan. Shortly thereafter, in 1998, he managed to rebound when he sold his first novel Light House: A Trifle to Riverhead Books, a Penguin Group imprint. Light House A Trifle is a 2000 satirical Novel by American Screenwriter William Monahan (his first Riverhead Books is a division of Penguin Group (USA. Notable books and major bestsellers published by Riverhead include Journals by Kurt Cobain ^[34] He had been working on the novel for several years, after its original serialization in Old Crow Review. He became a working screenwriter when Warner Bros. optioned the film rights while the novel was in manuscript and contracted Monahan to write the adaptation. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and ^[35] Although he was spending time in the cities of San Francisco and Northampton, Massachusetts working on a script for Light House, he still occasionally contributed to New York Press and even wrote an essay, on the depiction of Gloucester, Massachusetts in the movies, for Talk magazine's debut issue in August of 1999. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. This article is about Gloucester Massachusetts USA there are other places called Gloucester Gloucester (ˈglɒstɚ) is a city on Talk was an American Magazine which was published from 1999 to 2001 ^[36][37] Finally, in 2000, Light House: A Trifle was published; it garnered critical acclaim but had lackluster sales. ^[38][34] William Georgiades, in a review for The New York Times, called it "a sort of old English farce that allows Monahan [. . . ] to skewer whatever comes to mind: modern art, magazine writing, education, the young". ^[39] BookPage Fiction's Bruce Tierney called Monahan "a worthy successor to Kingsley Amis",^[40] however, Claire Dederer, in an editorial review for Amazon.com, cautioned that "[Light House] is not a novel for the culturally illiterate", and criticized the occasional inside-jokes that "[make] most sensible people very tired". Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist, Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. ^[41] The novel intentionally references the satirical novels of the early 19th century British author Thomas Love Peacock and tells the story of an artist named Tim Picasso who runs afoul of a drug lord and seeks refuge at a New England inn in the middle of a nor'easter. Thomas Love Peacock ( October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and Author. A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below is a macro-scale Storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. ^[34]

In late 2001, Monahan wrote a comic serial narrative for New York Press titled "Dining Late with Claude La Badarian", published over thirteen weeks under the pseudonym Claude La Badarian, a fictional restaurant critic of The Aristocrat magazine. The term " serial " refers to the intrinsic property of a series &mdash namely its order. This list of works by William Monahan classifies all known works by William Monahan (born November 3 1960) an American Screenwriter These short stories made satirical reference to his first novel and literary career. ^[1] The "Dining Late with Claude La Badarian" column was described by a fictional Monahan, who entered the narrative occasionally, as "a blackmailed dining column written by a delusional media scumbag" intended as "a small yet integral part" of a forthcoming second novel. ^[42] Each of the twelve columns that followed the initial proposal for the column contained a portrait of Claude La Badarian drawn by Antony Zito, a New York portrait painter and curator as well as Monahan's former band-mate in the Slags. At the conclusion of the serial, Monahan and Bruno Maddox went on a joint book tour that was interrupted by the 9/11 attacks. Shortly thereafter, Monahan sold his spec script Tripoli to 20th Century Fox, and was commissioned to write Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television He has apparently published no fiction since moving into film. ^[43]

Screenwriting career

"I wanted to be an old-fashioned man of letters, so I essentially prepared myself very carefully through my 20s for a job that doesn't exist anymore; you may be able to find a man of letters in Syria or the Horn of Africa, but you could work Manhattan or London with dogs for a year and never find one. An intellectual (from the adjective meaning "involving thought and reason" is a person who tries to use his or her Intelligence and analytical thinking, Anthony Burgess is dead, Vidal is the last lion, and at any rate belles-lettres aren't where they were left. Anthony Burgess (February 25 1917 — November 22 1993 was an English Novelist, Critic, Composer, Librettist, Poet Gore Vidal (born October 3 1925 ˌgɔər vɪˈdɑːl or /vɪˈdæl/ is an American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright, See also Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a term that is used to describe a category Anyway, I'm making movies now. Just before all this happened, I thought, 'Out of everything you can do or think you can do, pick one thing and be it.' What I picked was to be the screenwriter. " William Monahan[34]

Monahan's first film commission was the adaptation of his own novel, in 1998, with Gore Verbinski attached as director. Gregor "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16 1964) is an American Film director and Writer. Warner Bros. optioned the film rights to the unpublished manuscript for his satirical novel Light House: A Trifle, a deal which briefly gave them the exclusive right to purchase the copyright at a future date. Film rights are the rights under Copyright law to make a derivative work -- in this case a film -- derived from an item of Intellectual property. Light House A Trifle is a 2000 satirical Novel by American Screenwriter William Monahan (his first ^[44] Penguin Putnam subsequently delayed publishing Light House: A Trifle for a couple of years, so that they could release the novel alongside the film, however, the screenplay adaptation was never produced. Penguin Group is the second largest trade book Publisher in the world behind Random House. Monahan continued working as a journalist, editing for Details magazine, and reviewing books for Bookforum magazine, but had committed to film writing. Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Bookforum is an international Magazine devoted to the discussion of new Books (as its sister publication Artforum is likewise devoted When Light House was finally released in 2000, Monahan had divested himself of any immediate interest in being a novelist. After less than four years in publication, Light House: A Trifle was taken off the market by Monahan while he was on location in Spain for the production of Kingdom of Heaven; he bought back the rights from the Penguin Group, later lamenting that it was "an empty, damaging gesture". Penguin Group is the second largest trade book Publisher in the world behind Random House. ^[5][35] Light House was available in a German edition translated by Ulrike Seeberger but went out-of-print. ^[45]

Tripoli

In 1990, Monahan wrote a script titled Tripoli, about William Eaton's epic march on Tripoli during the Barbary Wars, registering it with the WGA with the alternate title of "Captain Eaton", and later set out the opening of Tripoli in prose form under the title of "Romantic" in 1997, published in Old Crow Review. William Eaton ( 23 February 1764 &ndash 1 June 1811) was a United States Army officer involved with the First Barbary War The Barbary Wars (or Tripolitan Wars were two wars between the United States of America and Barbary States in North Africa in the early 19th century The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing The Old Crow Review was an English-language Literary magazine established in Amherst Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney owner of FkB ^[46] While working at Spy magazine, Monahan routinely spent two weeks working in Manhattan followed by two weeks writing his own material in Massachusetts; during this period he took the Tripoli script out of a drawer and placed it with an agent. ^[34] In 2001, shortly after he got married, Tripoli sold to 20th Century Fox, in a deal worth mid-six figures in American dollars with Mark Gordon attached as the producer. ^[47] The historical epic follows Eaton's campaign against Yusuf Bashaw to restore Yusuf's brother, the exiled heir Hamet Karamanli, to the throne of the Barbary Coast nation of Tripoli, and features a French mercenary named Joubert. Yusuf (ibn Ali Karamanli, Qaramanli or al-Qaramanli or Caramanli (most commonly Yusuf Karamanli) (1766-1838 was the best-known Pasha ^[48] Ridley Scott signed to direct. Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award Nominated and Golden Globe Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning Monahan met with Scott to discuss Tripoli and Scott mentioned his desire to direct a film about knights. Monahan suggested the fall of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem as a setting, and Ridley Scott and Fox commissioned Monahan to write the original screenplay which became Kingdom of Heaven. This article is about the Christian kingdom For the history of the city see History of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian ^[43]

Negotiating deals and production rewriting

In 2002, Monahan was hired by Universal Pictures to write the screenplay for Jurassic Park IV;^[49][2] he portrayed the kids in the script "like the ones in Willy Wonka". Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The Jurassic Park franchise is a series of Books, Films and Video games centering on a disastrous attempt to create a Theme park Willy Wonka is a fictional character in the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass ^[5] When Monahan had to go on location for the production of Kingdom of Heaven, John Sayles was hired to write the subsequent drafts. John Thomas Sayles (born September 28 1950) is an American Independent film director and Screenwriter who frequently ^[50] The next year, Columbia Pictures hired Monahan to adapt an unpublished manuscript by journalist Doug Stanton about the bloody uprising in the Afghan city Mazari Sharif after the recent American incursion against the Taliban; Stanton's novel had been optioned by producer Mace Neufeld. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Doug Stanton is an author and a founder of the Traverse City Film Festival. Mazār-e Sharīf ( is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 300600 people (2006 estimate Mace Alvin Neufeld (born July 13, 1928) is an American film and Television producer. ^[51]

As the January 2004 production of Kingdom of Heaven approached, Monahan negotiated a production write-through contract so that he could be present on the movie sets to make modifications to the shooting script. A production write-through contract is an arrangement specific to the Film industry, where a Screenwriter enters into a commercial agreement with a studio that guarantees Shooting Script is a First person narrative Novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1966. ^[52] Additionally, Brad Pitt's production company Plan B hired him to write an adaptation of Hong Kong director Andrew Lau's gangster film Infernal Affairs. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Not to be confused with singer and actor Andy Lau. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung ( born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong Infernal Affairs ( is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Monahan adapted Infernal Affairs as a battle between Irish-American gangsters and cops in Boston's Southie district, with Martin Scorsese directing the completed screenplay under the title The Departed for Warner Bros. The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, ;^[53][54] the script later won him two Best Adapted Screenplay awards, from the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Kingdom of Heaven released to theaters

"The crucial skill of a working screenwriter is that you have to have some depth of ability and ideation. Your ninth idea has to be as good or better than your first, and that's where a lot of people crack up. You have to remain on top of your game and in absolute control of the text and a successful advocate of your own intentions no matter what influences hit the picture or from which direction. You do that by having the best ideas in the room. If you don't, you will be replaced. It's nothing personal. " William Monahan, on developing a screenplay. [9]

Main article: Kingdom of Heaven (film)

While Monahan was on the set of Kingdom of Heaven his wife gave birth to a baby girl named Iris. Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 Epic film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. He was already a step-father to his wife's son. Monahan managed to get two days off to spend with them. ^[55] After production completed, Monahan was hired to collaborate once again with director Ridley Scott on an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's ultra-violent Western novel Blood Meridian for producer Scott Rudin. Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy (born July 20, 1933 in Providence Rhode Island) is an American Novelist and Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 Western Novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Film producer and a Tony Award -winning ^[56][57] In post-production on Kingdom of Heaven, Scott edited a 3-hour long cut but decided to pare it down after it was discovered at a preview screening that the audience felt the film was too long; Scott was gradually convinced as well and settled on a 145-minute cut. See also Filmmaking Post-production occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, Videos audio recordings A film screening is the displaying of a Film, as part of its production and release cycle before it is widely released to Movie theaters In general "screening" ^[58]

The months leading up to Kingdom of Heaven's theatrical release were troubled when author James Reston Jr. claimed that Monahan's Kingdom of Heaven script violated the copyright of his 2001 novel Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. James Reston Jr (1941 -) is an American author of both fiction and non-fiction literature whose works cover mostly historical and political topics 'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by Copyright law in a manner that violates James Reston Jr (1941 -) is an American author of both fiction and non-fiction literature whose works cover mostly historical and political topics Reston claimed he had previously offered Ridley Scott the book for a movie deal but was turned down. He alleged that the entire second half of Monahan's shooting script was based on the first 105 pages of his book, and noted that "Kingdom of Heaven" is the title of the second chapter. Shooting Script is a First person narrative Novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1966. ^[59] 20th Century Fox denied all of Reston's claims and Monahan, in an e-mail, commented, "There was no infringement, period. I've been familiar with the fall of the Latin Kingdom for thirty-odd years. " Reston did not pursue the matter and never filed a lawsuit. ^[60]

In the meantime, Monahan had secured work on two Warner Bros. projects. He was hired to adapt Louis Begley's novel Wartime Lies for Warner Independent Pictures, previously in development as a Stanley Kubrick project called Aryan Papers. Louis Begley (born October 6, 1933) is an American novelist Life Begley was born Ludwik Begleiter in Stryi at the time part Wartime Lies is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louis Begley first published in 1991. Warner Independent Pictures was the specialty division of film studio Warner Bros ^[61] A second script was to be based on Marco Polo's autobiography Travels, as a star vehicle for actor Matt Damon, titled The Venetian, and set during Polo's Far East explorations. Marco Polo ( September 15 1254 – January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325 was a Venetian trader and explorer The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English title of Marco Polo 's travel book nicknamed Il Milione ( The Million Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. ^[56][62]

When Kingdom of Heaven was released theatrically in May 2005 it was poorly received by critics and was a box-office failure. Peter Canavese of Groucho Reviews described Kingdom as a "confusing compromise at best and a dull obfuscation of history at worst" and Jeffrey M. Anderson of Combustible Celluloid wrote that Kingdom "has at its center a bold story, and yet it sits there like a stone pillar". ^[63][64] Ridley Scott later remarked that he got carried away with cutting the film in the editing room and learned that "the enemy is previews" because these test screenings are tantamount to asking an inexperienced group of people to be film critics. ^[65] Kingdom was reappraised by critics when it was released on DVD in the form of a director's cut, containing an additional 45 minutes of footage previously shot from Monahan's shooting script. A director's cut is a specially edited version of a Film, and less often TV series, Music video, commercials or Video games Critics were pleased with the extended version of the film and James Berardinelli of ReelViews remarked how "now that the director's cut is available, there's no reason for anyone to watch the neutered theatrical edition". ^[66]

Best Adapted Screenplay Awards for The Departed

Main article: The Departed

In 2006, Warner Bros. The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, hired Monahan to adapt David Ignatius' novel Body of Lies into a film titled Body of Lies, about a CIA operative who goes to Jordan to track a high-ranking terrorist, with Ridley Scott directing. David R Ignatius (born May 26, 1950) an American Journalist and Novelist. Body of Lies is an American spy thriller novel by David Ignatius, a columnist for The Washington Post. Body of Lies is a 2008 American thriller Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by David Ignatius about ^[67] Shortly afterwards, Monahan started a production company on the Warner Bros. lot called Henceforth and negotiated a first-look producing deal that gave the studio the first right of first refusal on any films produced by Henceforth. A first look deal is an arrangement usually in the Film industry, where either a company or in some cases an individual enters into a commercial agreement Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something according to specified terms before In return Monahan and producer Quentin Curtis received from Warner Bros. the film rights to produce John Pearson's true crime novel The Gamblers; Monahan would write the adaptation. John Pearson (born May 10, 1930) is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming. True crime is a Non-fiction literary genre in which the author uses an actual Crime and real people as a point of departure ^[35][62]

When Martin Scorsese's The Departed was released to theaters in October 2006, Monahan received considerable praise from critics and was applauded for accurately depicting the city of Boston. Monahan had chosen not to watch Infernal Affairs so that he could create an original interpretation of the Hong Kong action film, working from an English translation of the Chinese script, and had used his intimate knowledge of the way Bostonians talk and act, learned from his youth spent in the many neighborhoods of Boston, to create characters that The Boston Globe described as distinctly indigenous to the city. Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known Boston is sometimes called a "city of neighborhoods" because of the profusion of diverse subsections ^[68][69][70]

The Departed won many critics' prizes. ^[71][72][73] The Los Angeles Times reported that Monahan had hired a publicist to run a campaign promoting his screenplay during awards season,^[74] although he had in fact hired the publicity firm to manage relations with the studio involved, and had respectfully refused most publicity offers during the Awards Season, including an appearance on The Charlie Rose Show; he rarely does in-person interviews. A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage Publicity for a public figure especially a Celebrity, a Business, or for a work Charlie Rose is an American television interview show with Charlie Rose as executive producer executive editor and host ^[34] He was honored by the US-Ireland Alliance for his writing in film^[38] and ended up winning two Best Adapted Screenplay awards for The Departed, from the Writers Guild of America and from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion ^[75][76] He was later invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion ^[77] As of 2007, he is working on a film treatment for a follow-up to The Departed, which may be either a prequel or a sequel. A film treatment (or treatment for short is a piece of prose typically the step between scene cards ( Index cards and the first draft of a Screenplay for The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, ^[78]

Taking on producing roles with intent to direct

After winning the 2007 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Departed, it was announced that Monahan had been hired to work on two film projects: an adaptation of the Hong Kong film Confession of Pain and an original Rock and Roll film titled The Long Play. Confession of Pain ( literally Forlorn City) is a 2006 Hong Kong crime / drama Film directed by Andrew Monahan signed to both executive produce and adapt the Hong Kong film Confession of Pain for Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way at Warner Bros. Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Pictures, his second adaptation of a Media Asia Films production created by directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak and screenwriter Felix Chong. Not to be confused with singer and actor Andy Lau. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung ( born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong Alan Mak Siu-Fai ( born on January 1, 1965 in Hong Kong, is a Writer, director, Actor and producer. Felix Chong Man-Keung ( (born January 1, 1968 in Hong Kong, China) is a Hong Kong Scriptwriter, Film director ^[79][80][79] Monahan's other assignment was to rewrite a script about the history of the rock music business titled The Long Play (commissioned in 1999 by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone magazine writer Rich Cohen completed the original drafts while Matthew Weiss wrote subsequent drafts). Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published ^[81][82] Although nurtured at Mick Jagger's production company Jagged Films, The Long Play later ended up at Paramount when Martin Scorsese negotiated a turnaround deal with Disney. ^[83]

In 2007, the movie rights to Robert Graves' Claudius novels (a fictional autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41–54 A. Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to D. ), previously held by the BBC and Jim Sheridan, were expired and consequently brought back into the marketplace on behalf of the author's estate. This article is about the film director For the UK Labour politician see James Sheridan. ^[84] The movie rights were contested by several studios, including Warner Bros. , but producer Scott Rudin outbid them, buying the rights to Graves' Claudius novels (I, Claudius and Claudius the God) in a two million dollar deal. Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Film producer and a Tony Award -winning I Claudius is a Novel by English writer Robert Graves, first published in 1934, that deals sympathetically with the life of The production companies of Monahan and DiCaprio (Henceforth and Appian Way, respectively) both had first look deals with Warner Bros. , but despite the studio's losing bid, they became attached to Rudin's intended I, Claudius feature film with Monahan adapting the novels and DiCaprio starring. ^[85][86]

In the weeks following the end of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Monahan sold a thriller titled Nothing in the World, only his second sale of a spec script in his career; his first sale of a spec script was Tripoli in 2001. The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television ^[87][88] Soon after, he was hired by Warner Bros. to adapt the South Korean action film The Chaser. He later entered into a first look deal with GK films, the production company of Graham King, a producer on The Departed, who had enlisted Monahan in 2007 to write a feature film adaptation of the six-hour 1985 BBC mini-series Edge of Darkness, and now hired him to write a script about disgraced police chief Jim Keene, based on a Playboy article. Graham King (born December 19, 1961) is a Film producer and President and CEO of Initial Entertainment Group who is best known for his Edge of Darkness is a British television Drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy ^[89]

Already acting in producing capacities on several films, Monahan, in conjunction with producer Quentin Curtis, acquired the rights to Ken Bruen's novel London Boulevard (a reimagining of the film noir classic Sunset Boulevard set in London's criminal underworld); predictably the adaptation was to be written by Monahan, however, in a significant departure from the usual, he was also set to direct. Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir Crime fiction. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named ^[90][91]

Writing process

Monahan has asserted that screenplays should be written by one author and does not support the collaborative model in which multiple screenwriters write competing drafts until the producer and director are satisfied. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made ^[5] His interest in motion pictures began at an early age, but he admittedly steered clear of the film industry because he mistakenly surmised that the collaborative model was a de facto practice for creating screenplays. The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking i ^[9] In his late 30s, he went to Hollywood to adapt his first novel into a film. ^[44] Since then, he has generally been the sole writer on his screenplays, except for Jurassic Park IV, which was taken over by John Sayles and rewritten when Monahan had to go on location for Kingdom of Heaven. The Jurassic Park franchise is a series of Books, Films and Video games centering on a disastrous attempt to create a Theme park John Thomas Sayles (born September 28 1950) is an American Independent film director and Screenwriter who frequently ^[5] Monahan's view is that a screenwriter can retain the authorship of their screenplay if they have the support of a powerful film director and successfully advocate their ideas, even in the face of the inevitable influences of actors, directors and producers. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He prefers writing screenplays over other genres because generally a released film will reach a wider audience and have a greater cultural effect than a published novel. ^[9]

In his youth, Monahan developed an appreciation for Shakespeare and went on to concentrate on Shakespeare's works at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. William Shakespeare ( baptised The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in He has studied English drama for over thirty years and has stated that because of those efforts he has reached a level of ability where he is "post-conscious about craft". Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans, and Auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose ^[35] He has a strong interest in history and reads the available primary sources when researching a historical period. Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines In Historiography, a primary source (also called original source) is a Document, Recording While he aims for historical accuracy, he has remarked that even Shakespeare would take liberties if it dramatized a scene. ^[60][92] He is critical of screenwriting courses that emphasize formulaic approaches to storytelling and that teach their students one kind of narrative in which characters must experience change while on a Hero's journey; he argues that these are types of stories and screenplay structure doesn't always have to follow such archetypes. See also Pre-production Screenplay Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for Film, Television or Video games Storytelling is the ancient art of conveying events in Words Images and Sounds often by Improvisation or embellishment ^[35]

Monahan has quipped that he would prefer to work on an old Olivetti Praxis typewriter in many instances because there are too many distractions on a modern computer. Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA, known as Olivetti, is an Italian manufacturer of Computers printers and other business machines ^[35]

Credits

Essays, criticism, reviews, and short fiction

Main article: List of works by William Monahan

Novels

• William Monahan (June 2000). This list of works by William Monahan classifies all known works by William Monahan (born November 3 1960) an American Screenwriter Light House: A Trifle. Light House A Trifle is a 2000 satirical Novel by American Screenwriter William Monahan (his first New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 9781573221580.  

Films

• Kingdom of Heaven (2005; screenplay)
• The Departed (2006; screenplay)
• Body of Lies (in post-production; screenplay)
• Jurassic Park IV (in pre-production; first drafts of screenplay)

Screenplays (unproduced)

• Light House (2000; adaptation of Monahan's satirical novel Light House: A Trifle)^[93]
• Tripoli (2001; Monahan's first spec script)
• Mazar e Sharif (adaptation of an unpublished manuscript from journalist Doug Stanton)
• Blood Meridian (adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian)
• Wartime Lies (adaptation of Louis Begley's Wartime Lies)
• The Venetian (adaptation of Marco Polo's Travels)
• The Gamblers (adaptation of John Pearson's The Gamblers)
• Confession of Pain (adaptation of the Hong Kong action film Confession of Pain)
• The Long Play (rewrite)
• Edge of Darkness (feature film adaptation of the six-hour 1985 BBC mini-series Edge of Darkness)^[89]
• I, Claudius (adaptation of Robert Graves' Claudius novels)
• Nothing in the World (2008; Monahan's second spec script)^[88]
• Untitled Jim Keene Project (adaptation of a Playboy article about disgraced police chief Jim Keene)^[88][94][95]
• The Chaser (adaptation of the South Korean action film The Chaser)^[88][96]
• London Boulevard (adaptation of novelist Ken Bruen's London Boulevard (2001); Monahan is also directing)^[90]

References and notes

Further reading

Main article: List of works by William Monahan

• The first draft for Kingdom of Heaven is available on Disc 3 of the Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut (Four-Disc Special Edition) DVD. This list of works by William Monahan classifies all known works by William Monahan (born November 3 1960) an American Screenwriter
• The shooting script for The Departed is available for download on Warner Bros. website
• William Monahan. "One flew over the Boston fence", Variety, 2007-02-15. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Retrieved on 2007-02-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment  

Interviews

• Dylan Callaghan. "A Man of Letters", Writers Guild of America, West, 2006-10-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Retrieved on 2007-01-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC  
• "William Monahan – Exclusive Interview", Collider. com, 2007-02-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Retrieved on 2007-02-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment  

External links

• William Monahan at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Monahan, William J.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Screenwriter, Novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 3, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
DATE OF DEATH
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