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Writer
Shawn Christensen
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*.
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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
Abduction2011
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall2018
Enter Nowhere2015
Before I Disappear2014
Curfew2012
American Hostage2026
Cul-de-Sac2016
Drink and Be Merry2025
Filmography
- 2026American HostageSeriesExecutive Producer
- 2026Something PointlessFilmExecutive Producer
- 2025Drink and Be MerryFilmDavid Culhain
- 2019The Helping HandFilmProducer
- 2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallFilmDirector, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2016Cul-de-SacFilmFather, Producer, Writer
- 2015Enter NowhereFilmWriter, Executive Producer
- 2014Before I DisappearFilmRichie, Producer, Director, Writer
- 2013Grandma's Not a ToasterFilmArnie, Writer
- 2012CurfewFilmRichie, Director, Writer, Editor
- 2011AbductionFilmWriter
- 2010BrinkFilmDirector, Writer
- 2006Missing GirlFilmChad