Actor
Shawn Christensen
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Michael Drayer
3 titles together
Before I Disappear, Cul-de-Sac, Grandma's Not a Toaster
Fatima Ptacek
2 titles together
Before I Disappear, Curfew
Joseph DeVito
2 titles together
Before I Disappear, Cul-de-Sac
Joe Perrino
2 titles together
Before I Disappear, Cul-de-Sac
Mara Kassin
2 titles together
Cul-de-Sac, Grandma's Not a Toaster
Full filmography · 9
Drink and Be Merry
as David Culhain
2025
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Director and Writer
20186.8
Cul-de-Sac
as Father and Writer
2016
Enter Nowhere
Writer
20156.4
Before I Disappear
as Richie and Director and Writer
20146.7
Grandma's Not a Toaster
as Arnie and Writer
2013
Curfew
as Richie and Director and Writer
20127.3
Abduction
Writer
20115.8Brink
Director and Writer
2010