Shawn Slovo | |
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| Born | 1 January 1950 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Shawn Slovo (born 1950) is a South African screenwriter, best known for the film A World Apart , based on her childhood under apartheid. [1] She is the daughter of South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First. She wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Catch a Fire (also a historical film about apartheid), and for the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin . [2]
In the late 1970s, she served as Robert De Niro's personal assistant while he made the films Raging Bull and The King of Comedy . She also wrote the screenplay for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight .
Slovo lives in London and often works for Working Title Films. Her sister Gillian Slovo is also a writer and her sister Robyn Slovo is a producer.
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