Shane Salerno is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He has written or co-written several blockbuster films including Armageddon and Shaft and is also one of the writer-producers of the successful CBS drama series Hawaii Five-0. He is the director of the forthcoming documentary Salinger, screenwriter of Fantastic Voyage produced by James Cameron and co-screenwriter and executive producer of Savages, directed by Oliver Stone.

Detour Magazine voted him one of "Hollywood's true shapers of popular culture" and Fade In Magazine, selected Salerno as one of the "100 people you need to know in Hollywood".