The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.
Diane Johnson ( born April 28 , 1934 ) is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France . The Shining is a 1980 British-American psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick , co-written with novelist Diane Johnson , and starring Jack Nicholson , Shelley Duvall , Danny Lloyd , and Scatman Crothers .