William Monahan Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: A successful novelist and journalist before he turned to writing screenplays, Oscar-winning Departed scribe William Monahan rose fast through the ranks to work with some of the biggest names in the business before being bestowed the biggest honor in moviemaking for just his second cinematic...Read More

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The Long Play

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese re-teams with The Departed scribe William Monahan for this sweeping tale about the lifelong friendship between two music industry insiders. From the early days of R&B to the turbulent world of contemporary hip-hop, these two friends become part of Read More

1/1/10
Edge of Darkness

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts

Synopsis: Casino Royale's Martin Campbell returns to familiar territory with this adaptation of his own 1985 BBC miniseries -- a mystery starring Mel Gibson as a detective looking into his political-activist daughter's death and uncovering layers of governmental conspiracies in the process. William Monahan (The Departed Read More

1/1/09
London Boulevard

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: An ex-con from South London tries his hand at starting over as a handyman for a young starlet in this crime drama from The Departed's screenwriter William Monahan, who will make his directorial debut with this project. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Body of Lies

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac

Synopsis: Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese's The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius' novel Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating Read More

10/10/08
Confessions of Pain

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis: A police detective and a private eye find that nothing is what appears to be when they team to capture the murderer who killed the cop's father-in-law in a thriller that reunites The Departed star Leonardo DiCaprio with Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Monahan. As with The Departed Read More

2008
The Departed

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly Read More

10/6/06
Kingdom of Heaven

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble French blacksmith who is searching for a reason to go on after the death of his wife and children. Balian is approached by Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson Read More

5/6/05