Shankar Babaji Patil (1926 - July 30, 1994) was an Indian Screenwriter, author who worked in Marathi film industry.
| Birth Date: | 8 August 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Pattan kodoli, Bombay presidency (Now Kolhapur district, Hatkangale taluka, Maharashtra) |
| Death Place: | Nanded |
| Occupation: | Screenplay writer |
| Known For: | Pinjara (1972) |
| Notable Works: | Pinjara (1972), Ek gaon bara bhangadi (1968) |
He was alumni of colleges of Gadhinglaj and Kolhapur from where he did B.A and B.T. respectively.
He served for some time as a member of Maharashtra state government's committee on high school textbooks and curricula research.
Patil presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Nanded in 1985.
Shankar Patil's short story Meeting was adapted by Dr. Priyadarshan Manohar as a short play named Meeting. On May 2, 2015, Kansas-based The Big Bang Theater performed the play at Regnier Hall Auditorium at KU Edwards Campus. The play was directed by Dr. Udayan Apte.