John Shirley

Career overview

Topic: Career overview of John Shirley (specifically focusing on "Writing" as per the prompt, though the sources provide conflicting information about different people named John Shirley).
Constraint 1: Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided sources.
Constraint 2: No inventing titles, names, dates, etc.
Constraint 3: Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Constraint 4: Plain text only (no markdown, asterisks, headings, bullet points).
Constraint 5: Length 180-260 words.
Constraint 6: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Constraint 7: No preamble or JSON.
Source [1]: John Shirley (TMDB). Known for Writing. 15 known credits. Male. Birthday: February 10, 1953. Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA. Also known as John Patrick Shirley.
Source [2]: John Shirley (TV Guide). List of movies and TV shows.
Source [3]: John Shirley (IMDb). Additional Crew: World in Action. Born 6 November 1943 in Ealing, London, England, UK. Known for World in Action (1963), The Jeremy Thorpe Scandal (2018), and The London Programme (1975). Married to Kate Kellaway. Died 16 June 2018 in the UK.
Source [4]: John Shirley (Wikidata). British film and television editor.
Source [5]: John Shirley (Interview). More than fifty feature editing credits. Worked with Cubby Broccoli, David Puttnam, Arthur Hiller, Guy Hamilton, Lewis Gilbert, Alvin Rakoff, Raoul Walsh.
Source [6]: Shirley (2024 film). Written/directed by John Ridley (Note: This is John Ridley, not John Shirley. I must be careful not to conflate them).
Conflict Alert: There are clearly different people named John Shirley in the sources.
Person A (TMDB): Writer, born Feb 10, 1953, in Houston, Texas. Known for Writing. 15 credits.
Person B (IMDb/Wikidata/Interview): British film and television editor. Born Nov 6, 1943, in Ealing, London. Died June 16, 2018. Known for World in Action (1963), The Jeremy Thorpe Scandal (2018), and The London Programme (1975). Has over fifty feature editing credits. Worked with directors/producers like Cubby Broccoli, David Puttnam, Arthur Hiller, Guy Hamilton, Lewis Gilbert, Alvin Rakoff, and Raoul Walsh.
Prompt Instruction: "Write a 180-260 word career overview of John Shirley (Writing)".
Problem: Source [1] is the only one that explicitly links a "John Shirley" to "Writing" as a primary known credit. Source [3], [4], and [5] describe a John Shirley who is an editor.
Strategy: I must distinguish or combine the information carefully without inventing a single person if they are different. However, the prompt asks for a career overview of "John Shirley (Writing)". If I only write about the writer, I might not hit the word count. If I write about the editor, I am deviating from the "(Writing)" instruction.
Wait, looking at Source [1], it says "Known For Writing".
Looking at Source [3], it says "He is known for World in Action (1963), The Jeremy Thorpe Scandal (2018) and The London Programme (1975)." It doesn't explicitly say he is a writer, but it lists works.
Looking at Source [4], it says "British film and television editor".
Looking at Source [5], it says "John Shirley has more than fifty feature editing