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==Writer and editor==

Monahan was born in [[Dorchester, Boston]]. He attended the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], where he studied [[English literature#Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] and [[English literature#Jacobean literature|Jacobean drama]].<ref name="WrittenBy">{{cite web|title=Profane Eloquence: Through the words of William Monahan, Boston swagger meets Hong Kong crime drama |author=John Koch |date=February–March 2007 |publisher=Written By Magazine |work=The Writers Guild of America, West |url=http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=2312 |access-date=March 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015725/http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=2312 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> He moved to [[New York City]] and contributed to the [[alternative weekly]] newspaper ''[[New York Press]]'' and the magazines [[Talk (magazine)|''Talk'']], [[Maxim (magazine)|''Maxim'']], and [[Spy (magazine)|''Spy'']].<ref name="BostonGlobe1" /><ref name="WGAw">{{cite web|title=A Man of Letters |author=Dylan Callaghan |date=October 13, 2006 |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2240 |publisher=Writers Guild of America, West |access-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015712/http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2240 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> In 1997 Monahan won a [[Pushcart Prize]] for his short story "A Relation of Various Accidents Observable in Some Animals Included in Vacuo".<ref>{{cite news|title=Required Reading |author=William Georgiades |date=February 25, 2007 |publisher=The New York Post |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02252007/entertainment/required_reading_entertainment_william_georgiades.htm |access-date=March 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228143923/http://www.nypost.com/seven/02252007/entertainment/required_reading_entertainment_william_georgiades.htm |archive-date=February 28, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Pushcart">{{cite book |title=The Pushcart Prize XXI: Best of the Small Presses (1997) |editor=Bill Henderson |author=William Monahan |publisher=Pushcart Press |date=July 1997 |chapter=A Relation of Various Accidents Observable in Some Animals Included in Vacuo |isbn=978-1-888889-00-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/pushcartprizexxi00bill }}</ref> Monahan was an editor at [[Spy (magazine)|''Spy'']] during the magazine's final years, where he would come in at the close of the monthly issue to rewrite articles and improve jokes.<ref name="BostonGlobe1">{{cite news|title= Standing at the corner of Shakespeare and Scorsese |author=Sam Allis| date=October 3, 2006 |publisher=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/10/03/standing_at_the_corner_of_shakespeare_and_scorsese/ | access-date=January 1, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1999 [[Talk (magazine)|''Talk'' magazine]] debuted, and Monahan contributed a travelogue on [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]], to the first issue.<ref>{{cite news |title=MUGGER: I'm in Bermuda and Rick Lazio Isn't |author=Russ Smith |date=August 11, 1999 |publisher=Jewish World Review |url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/mugger081199.asp |access-date=March 8, 2007}}</ref> In 2000 Monahan's first novel, ''Light House: A Trifle'', was finally published, and it garnered critical acclaim; ''The New York Times'' proclaimed, "Monahan's cocksure prose gallops along" and ''BookPage Fiction'' called Monahan "a worthy successor to [[Kingsley Amis]]."<ref name="Wilde">{{cite press release|title=Van Morrison, Terry George and Bill Monahan honored in LA |date=February 26, 2007 |publisher=US-Ireland Alliance |url=http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=622 |access-date=March 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726170439/http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=622 |archive-date=July 26, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An Offshore Farce |author=William Georgiades |date=July 23, 2000 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/bib/000723.rv090232.html |access-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Light House |author=Bruce Tierney |year=2000 |publisher=BookPage Fiction |url=http://www.bookpage.com/0006bp/fiction/light_house.html |access-date=March 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202142714/http://www.bookpage.com/0006bp/fiction/light_house.html |archive-date=December 2, 2006 }}</ref> In the second half of 2001 Monahan wrote a fictional column at the ''New York Press'' under the pseudonym of Claude La Badarian, which ran for 13 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last Supper: Being eventually a PROPOSAL for a column called DINING LATE WITH CLAUDE LA BADARIAN |author=William Monahan |date=June 21, 2001 |publisher=New York Press |url=http://www.nypress.com/14/25/news&columns/culture.cfm |access-date=March 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020122957/http://www.nypress.com/14/25/news%26columns/culture.cfm |archive-date=October 20, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=That Asshole, Monahan by Claude La Badarian |author=William Monahan |date=August 15, 2001 |publisher=New York Press |url=http://www.nypress.com/14/33/news&columns/claude.cfm |access-date=March 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014183126/http://www.nypress.com/14/33/news%26columns/claude.cfm |archive-date=October 14, 2007 }}</ref>

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''Kingdom of Heaven'' was the first of Monahan's screenplays to be produced into a film. Monahan had negotiated a [[production write-through contract]] for ''Kingdom of Heaven'', which allowed him to be present on the movie sets to make modifications to the [[shooting script]] during production.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} It was poorly received by critics when it was released in theaters in 2005. ''Kingdom'' was critically reappraised when it was released on DVD in the form of a [[director's cut]] that contained an additional 45 minutes of footage previously shot from Monahan's shooting script.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} Some critics were pleased with the extended version of the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut:A Film Review |author=James Berardinelli |year=2006 |publisher=ReelViews.net |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/k/kingdom_heaven_directors.html |access-date=March 4, 2007}}</ref>

Monahan's second produced screenplay was ''The Departed'', an adaptation of the [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong action film]] ''[[Infernal Affairs]]''. [[Jack Nicholson]], one of the leads in the film, influenced the screenplay. "I had written the role as a post-sexual 68-year-old Irishman. Jack is post-sexual exactly never," Monahan said later. "What Jack did is great. Did he change the words? Not any of the good ones."<ref name="USAToday_facts" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Oscar winners weigh in on victory: Backstage notes at the Academy Awards |author=David S. Cohen, Justin Chang |date=February 25, 2007 |publisher=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960130.html |access-date=March 2, 2007}}</ref> Monahan received considerable praise from critics when the film was released in theaters, in 2006, and was applauded for accurately depicting the city of Boston. Monahan used his intimate knowledge of the way Bostonians talk and act, learned from his youth spent in the many [[Neighborhoods in Boston, Massachusetts|neighborhoods of Boston]], to create characters that ''The Boston Globe'' described as distinctly indigenous to the city.<ref name="BostonianOfTheYear">{{cite news |title=The Storyteller |author=Sam Allis| date=December 31, 2006 |publisher=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/12/31/the_storyteller/ |access-date=January 2, 2007}}</ref>

By the end of 2006 ''The Departed'' had won many critics' prizes. Monahan was honored by [[Boston Society of Film Critics|The Boston Society of Film Critics]] with the award for best screenplay, by the [[Chicago Film Critics Association]] for best adapted screenplay, and by the Southeastern Film Critics Association with another best adapted screenplay award.<ref>{{cite news |title= 'The Departed' tops Boston film critics' awards |author=Wesley Morris |date=December 11, 2006 |publisher=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/12/11/the_departed_tops_boston_film_critics_awards/ |access-date=January 6, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Departed' tops Chicago critics' list |date=December 29, 2006 |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/190265,CST-FTR-critics29.article |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527184302/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/190265%2CCST-FTR-critics29.article |archive-date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oscar 2006: Southeastern Film Critics Select The Departed |date=December 19, 2006 |url=http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=4000 |publisher=Hollywood News |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184516/http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=4000 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Monahan took an unusual route for a screenwriter and hired a [[publicist]] to run a campaign promoting his screenplay during awards season.<ref>{{cite news |title=SCRIPTLAND: Publicists get ink for screenwriters: Even Oscar-nominated writers need someone looking out for their interests in the crush of award season. |author=Jay Fernandez |date=February 21, 2007 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-et-scriptland21feb21,0,2353575.story |access-date=February 21, 2007 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Monahan ended up winning two Best Adapted Screenplay awards for ''The Departed'', from the [[Writers Guild of America]] and the [[Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Departed' shines at WGA kudos: 'Miss' a hit with scribes |author=Dave McNary |date=February 11, 2007 |publisher=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117959264.html |access-date=February 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Scorsese cuffs Oscar: 'Departed' named best pic |author=Gregg Kilday |date=February 26, 2007 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003550152 |access-date=March 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225216/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003550152 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> He received an award for his writing in film at the US-Ireland Alliance's second annual "Oscar Wilde: Honoring Irish Writing in Film" ceremony.<ref name="Wilde" />

===Producing and directing===

In 2006 Monahan negotiated a [[First-look deal|first-look producing deal]] with Warner Bros., which ~~gives~~gave the studio ~~the first~~a [[right of first refusal]] on any films produced by Henceforth, athe production company he started. In return Henceforth received the film rights to produce [[John Pearson (author)|John Pearson's]] [[True crime (genre)|true crime]] ~~novel~~book ''The Gamblers'', a property which Warner Bros. had previously acquired ~~the rights to~~.<ref name="Henceforth">{{cite news |title='Departed' scribe digs WB: Studio inks overall deal with Monahan |author=Michael Fleming |date=October 5, 2006 |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117951278.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 |publisher=Variety |access-date=January 5, 2007}}</ref>

In 2007 Monahan was hired to work on two film projects: an adaptation of the Hong Kong film ''[[Confession of Pain]]'' and an original [[rock and roll]] film, ''The Long Play''. Monahan ~~will~~was initially assigned to [[executive producer|executive produce]] and write the adaptation for ''Confession of Pain''., ~~The~~under ~~adaptation of ''Confession of Pain'' will be produced~~production by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s ~~production~~ company, Appian Way, for Warner Bros. Pictures.<ref name="AppianWay">{{cite news|title=Monahan, DiCaprio reconnect |author=Borys Kit |date=February 27, 2007 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003550909 |access-date=March 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225204/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003550909 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> It would represent his second adaption of an [[Andrew Lau]] and [[Alan Mak (director)|Alan Mak]] film. Monahan's other assignment iswas to rewrite a screenplay about the history of the rock music business called ''The Long Play''~~. ''The Long Play'' is~~, the ~~creation~~brainchild of [[Mick Jagger]], lead singer of [[The Rolling Stones]], ~~and~~which ~~was~~had been ~~nurtured~~incubating at Jagger's production company, Jagged Films at [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. Martin Scorsese became involved while the film project was at Disney ~~but~~and subsequently negotiated a [[turnaround (filmmaking)|turnaround deal]] to bring ''The Long Play'' to Paramount.<ref name="TheLongPlay">{{cite news |author=Michael Fleming, Pamela McClintock |date=February 26, 2007 |title=Scorsese, Monahan ready to 'Play': 'Departed' duo rock on at Paramount ~~|author=Michael Fleming, Pamela McClintock |date=February 26, 2007~~ |publisher=Variety |url=https://~~www.~~variety.com/~~article~~2007/film/markets-festivals/scorsese-monahan-ready-to-play-2-1117960184/~~VR1117960184.html~~ |access-date=March 2, 2007}}</ref> However, neither of these projects were completed.{{Needs verification|date=June 2022}}

Monahan's directorial debut was ''[[London Boulevard]]'', released in 2010, which he also produced. An adaption of a [[Ken Bruen]] work by the same name, it was received with both criticism and praise, with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stating that as director he "sashays winningly" into the premise of Bruen's "stylish line in mean-streets poetry", further commenting the film as "adapted sharply".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Ray |date=2010-11-26 |title=London Boulevard: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/london-boulevard-film-review-49422/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Others adjudged the film as unfocused, complaining of "a surplus of plot threads that don't have space to play out, and accordingly com[ing] across as clichés",<ref>{{cite web |author=Alison Willmore |date=10 November 2011 |title=London Boulevar d |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/london-boulevard-64924 |access-date=6 February 2016 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> that he "ended up with more than he can chew for his first time in the director's chair".<ref>{{cite news |author=Betsy Sharkey |date=11 November 2011 |title='London Boulevard': Crime, fame, Colin Farrell not a good mix |newspaper=LA Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-london-boulevard-20111111-story.html |accessdate=6 February 2016}}</ref>

~~Monahan's directorial debut was ''[[London Boulevard]]'', released in 2010.~~

A few years later, a version of ''[[The Gambler (2014 film)|The Gambler]]'' was finally generated, as written and executive produced. The film received mixed reviews, with some people complementing [[Jessica Lange]]'s performance,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Matthew |last2=Rosen |first2=Christopher |date=December 9, 2014 |title=One Of These 21 Women Will Probably Win Best Supporting Actress At The 2015 Oscars |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/best-supporting-actress-2015-oscars_n_6291256.html |access-date=January 10, 2015 |website=The Huffington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schaefer |first=Stephen |date=November 20, 2014 |title=Who supports Best? |newspaper=Boston Herald |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/hollywood_mine/2014/11/who_supports_best |access-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Guzman |first=Rafer |date=December 23, 2014 |title='The Gambler' review: Low on action and tension |newspaper=Newsday |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/the-gambler-review-low-on-action-and-tension-1.9740320 |access-date=January 10, 2015 |quote=a terrific Jessica Lange}}</ref> while others, including [[Peter Travers]] from [[Rolling Stone]], calling the film's unclear character motivations "wearying".<ref name="Travers">{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=30 December 2014 |title='The Gambler' Movie Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-gambler-255575/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> This remake also suffered from comparison and contrasting with the original film on which it's based.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gambler (2014) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_gambler_2015 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>

~~==Credits==~~

His most recent directorial and producer credit was the film ''[[Mojave (film)|Mojave]]'', which he also wrote''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Renner |first=Brian D. |title=Everything You Need to Know About Mojave Movie (2016): Feb. 13, 2016 - added the US DVD release date of April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.movieinsider.com/m10032/mojave |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Movie Insider |language=en}}</ref> Announced on March 22, 2012,<ref name="Monahan">{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=March 22, 2012 |title=Atlas Independent Steps Up For William Monahan Thriller 'Mojave' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/03/atlas-independent-steps-up-for-william-monahan-thriller-mojave/ |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref> and cast between December 4 until well past principal photography began,<ref name="Oscar2">{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=December 4, 2012 |title=Oscar Isaac and Jason Clarke to Star in William Monahan Thriller 'Mojave' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/oscar-isaac-jason-clarke-star-397950 |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Garrett">{{cite news |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=May 16, 2013 |title='Tron: Legacy' Star Garrett Hedlund to Join Oscar Isaac in William Monahan's 'Mojave' Movie |work=[[TheWrap]] |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/tron-legacy-star-garrett-hedlund-join-oscar-isaac-william-monahans-mojave-movie-92051 |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Louise">{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=July 18, 2013 |title=Louise Bourgoin Joins Oscar Isaac And Garrett Hedlund In 'Mojave' |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/07/louise-bourgoin-joins-oscar-issac-and-garrett-hedlund-in-mojave/ |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Walton2">{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=September 27, 2013 |title='Justified's Walton Goggins Joins William Monahan Pic 'Mojave' |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/09/walton-goggins-mojave-movie-william-monahan/ |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Fran">{{cite news |date=October 2, 2013 |title=Fran Kranz Joins 'Mojave' |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/10/dorian-missick-annie-morgan-freeman-lemurs-fran-kranz-mojave/ |accessdate=March 28, 2014}}</ref> production was stalled until September 27, 2013.<ref name="Oscar2"/><ref name="Walton2"/><ref name="first-look">{{cite news |last=White |first=James |date=November 7, 2013 |title=Exclusive New Images From William Monahan's Mojave |newspaper=empireonline.com |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=39285 |accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref> The film was released on DirecTV Cinema on December 3, 2015, prior to opening in a [[limited release]] on January 22, 2016.<ref name="Pearce">{{cite web |last=Pearce |first=Leonard |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Oscar Isaac Hunts Down Garrett Hedlund in First Trailer For 'Mojave' |url=http://thefilmstage.com/trailer/oscar-isaac-hunts-down-garrett-hedlund-in-first-trailer-for-mojave/ |publisher=TheFilmStage |accessdate=December 2, 2015}}</ref> The [[Rotten Tomatoes]] consensus for the movie is that it "has no shortage of talent on either side of the camera; unfortunately, it amounts to little more than a frustrating missed opportunity."<ref>{{cite web |title=Mojave (2016) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mojave_2016/ |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Flixster]] |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref> Sean Burns ripped into the movie, calling it "elliptical and at times preposterously entertaining, [a movie] that both sends up and embraces every chest-beating trope in that old alpha 'He-Man of letters' tradition", and dances with the idea that some of the movie "is Monahan indulging in a bit of sardonic self-flaggelation [sic] for all his success in the industry".<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Monahan Revives The Pseudo-Intellectual Alpha Males No One Wanted Back In 'Mojave' |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/01/28/william-monahan-mojave |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.wbur.org |date=January 28, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> The ''[[observer.com|Observer]]''<nowiki/>'s Rex Reed labeled it "gibberish with guns and phony literary pretentiousness about two thugs in a duel of weapons and words that goes nowhere fast", contending that his high-quality work on ''The Departed'' was inexplicable, as he had "written nothing of value since". Continuing, he said that "as a director he evokes gales of guffaws".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-20 |title='Mojave' Is the Worst Movie of the Still-Young New Year |url=https://observer.com/2016/01/mojave-is-the-worst-movie-of-the-still-young-new-year/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>

~~===Novels===~~

* ''[[Light House: A Trifle]]'' (June 2000)

==~~=Films=~~Works==

'''Novel'''

* ''[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]'' (2005; screenplay)

* ''[[~~The~~Light ~~Departed~~House: A Trifle]]'' (~~2006; screenplay~~2000)

* ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]'' (2008; screenplay)<ref name="USAToday_facts" />

* ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'' (2010; screenplay)

* ''[[London Boulevard]]'' (2010; director, screenplay)

* ''[[Oblivion (2013 film)|Oblivion]]'' (2013; first-draft screenplay)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/departed-sequel-story-idea-revealed/|title = Screenwriter William Monahan Reveals Story Idea for 'The Departed' Sequel|date = October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/One-Hates-Oblivion-More-Than-Guy-Who-Wrote-Oblivion-69331.html|title = No One Hates Oblivion More Than the Guy Who Wrote Oblivion|date = January 22, 2015}}</ref>

* ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]'' (2014; early screenplay)

* ''[[The Gambler (2014 film)|The Gambler]]'' (2014; screenplay)

* ''[[Mojave (film)|Mojave]]'' (2015; director, screenplay)

*''[[The Tender Bar (film)|The Tender Bar]]'' (2021; screenplay)

'''Film'''

~~===Unproduced screenplays (selected)===~~

{|class="wikitable"

* ''[[Jurassic World]]'' (first drafts of screenplay)

* ''Blood Meridian'' (adaptation of [[Cormac McCarthy]]'s ''[[Blood Meridian]]'')

! Year

! Title

~~===Future projects===~~

!width=65| Director

* ''Light House'' (adaptation of Monahan's satirical novel ''[[Light House: A Trifle]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=About This Book: Light House: A Trifle |publisher=Powell's Books |url=http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-157322877x-0 |access-date=March 8, 2007}}</ref>

!width=65| Writer

* ''Tripoli'' (Monahan's first sale of a [[Screenplay#Spec scripts|spec script]])

!width=65| Producer

* ''Wartime Lies'' (adaptation of [[Louis Begley]]'s ''[[Wartime Lies]]'')

! Notes

* ''Nothing in the World'' (adaptation of the Hong Kong action film ''[[Confession of Pain]]'')

* ''The Chaser'' (adaptation of the South Korean crime movie ''[[The Chaser (2008 film)|The Chaser]]'')<ref>{{cite news |title=Warner Bros. to remake 'The Chaser': Studio picks up rights to South Korean hit |author=Michael Fleming and Darcy Paquet |date=March 6, 2008 |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117982002.html}}</ref>

| 2005

*''Marlowe'' (adaptation of [[John Banville]]'s ''The Black-Eyed Blonde'')<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreas Wiseman|date=2021-06-08|title=Liam Neeson & Neil Jordan's Philip Marlowe Movie Scripted By William Monahan Set To Heat Up Cannes Market|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/liam-neeson-neil-jordan-philip-marlowe-movie-cannes-market-1234771129/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Deadline}}</ref>

| ''[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 2006

| ''[[The Departed]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]<br>Nominated

| 2008

| ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|rowspan=2| 2010

| ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ''[[London Boulevard]]''

| {{yes}}

| 2014

| ''[[The Gambler (2014 film)|The Gambler]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| 2015

| ''[[Mojave (film)|Mojave]]''

| {{yes}}

| 2021

| ''[[The Tender Bar (film)|The Tender Bar]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 2022

| ''[[Marlowe (2022 film)|Marlowe]]''

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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