John Patrick Shanley

The Profile

John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. He wrote the play Doubt and the screenplay for Moonstruck; he adapted Doubt for the screen.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2005) for Doubt; Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (1988) for Moonstruck.

The available review discusses Shanley's film Doubt (Il Dubbio), finding strong performances but an overall failure to convey the protagonist's internal doubt. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams are singled out for their acting. Cinematography is described as intermittently pleasing; overall the reviewer calls the film mediocre.