Writing
Shawn Christensen
EN cinema · 12 credits
Birthplace
United States
Shawn is an Academy Award-winning writer/director whose films have premiered at Sundance, SXSW and TIFF. He is the founder of Fuzzy Logic Pictures, the CEO of Criminal Content, and Executive Producer on the TV Series AMERICAN HOSTAGE (Amazon MGM+). He’s directed numerous award-winning Podcasts including BLACKOUT (Rami Malek), THE FOXES OF HYDESVILLE (Carey Mulligan), AMERICAN HOSTAGE (Jon Hamm), and HUNTED (Parker Posey). He was formerly the frontman of rock band Stellastarr*. In 2013, he won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for CURFEW, and the SXSW Audience Award for its feature-length adaptation BEFORE I DISAPPEAR (Emmy Rossum, Fatima Ptacek, Ron Perlman).
Known for
Filmography
Something Pointless
Executive Producer
Drink and Be Merry
as David Culhain
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Cul-de-Sac
as Father, Producer, Writer
Enter Nowhere
Writer, Executive Producer
Before I Disappear
as Richie, Director, Writer, Producer
Grandma's Not a Toaster
as Arnie, Writer
Curfew
as Richie, Director, Writer, Editor
Abduction
Writer
Brink
2010
Brink
Director, Writer