Damian Shannon is an American screenwriter and film producer. Shannon works with Mark Smith and is known for their collaborative script-writing projects, particularly Freddy vs. Jason and, later, the 2009 reboot on Friday the 13th. Shannon attended Bishop McNamara High School and New York University. He then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he met fellow student and later writing partner Mark Swift. Shannon wrote an adaptation of the comic book Danger Girl for New Line ...