
Writing
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).
Acting credits
6.7At the lowest point in his life, Richie receives a call from his estranged sister, asking him to pick up his eleven-year-old niece from school. What begins as a simple favor turns into a nighttime odyssey through New York City, where the two form an unexpected bond.
Before I Disappear
2014
8.2At a struggling New York dive bar in the days leading up to Christmas 2019, Chet, a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance caring for his misanthropic, aging regulars — who have nowhere else to go, and rely on him for far more than pouring drinks — with his naive desires to muster some Christmas spirit.
Drink and Be Merry
2025
7.3At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Curfew
2012
6.9A seemingly normal Mom and Dad's secret past is revealed when they find a wiretap in their Son's Teddy Bear.
Cul-de-Sac
2016
5.7Three siblings plot to steal their ailing Grandmother's fortune, without realizing Grandma has a plot of her own.
Grandma's Not a Toaster
2013
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Missing Girl
2006
Behind the camera
5.8For many years, Nathan Harper has had the uneasy feeling that life with his family isn't quite what it seems. As he draws closer to uncovering the truth, he is hunted by assassins, forcing him to flee with his neighbor, Karen, the only person he can trust.
Abduction
2011
6.7Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
6.7Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
6.4Three strangers arrive one by one to a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere after enduring separate life-altering predicaments. Searching for a way out of the woods, frustrated, hungry and battling to stay warm they discover their mysterious connection and realize what they have to do in order to get out of the woods alive.
Enter Nowhere
2015
6.7At the lowest point in his life, Richie receives a call from his estranged sister, asking him to pick up his eleven-year-old niece from school. What begins as a simple favor turns into a nighttime odyssey through New York City, where the two form an unexpected bond.
Before I Disappear
2014
6.7At the lowest point in his life, Richie receives a call from his estranged sister, asking him to pick up his eleven-year-old niece from school. What begins as a simple favor turns into a nighttime odyssey through New York City, where the two form an unexpected bond.
Before I Disappear
2014
6.7At the lowest point in his life, Richie receives a call from his estranged sister, asking him to pick up his eleven-year-old niece from school. What begins as a simple favor turns into a nighttime odyssey through New York City, where the two form an unexpected bond.
Before I Disappear
2014
One final confession for Jeremy, before all is lost.
Brink
2010
One final confession for Jeremy, before all is lost.
Brink
2010
7.3At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Curfew
2012
7.3At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Curfew
2012
6.9A seemingly normal Mom and Dad's secret past is revealed when they find a wiretap in their Son's Teddy Bear.
Cul-de-Sac
2016
6.9A seemingly normal Mom and Dad's secret past is revealed when they find a wiretap in their Son's Teddy Bear.
Cul-de-Sac
2016
NRA young couple adopts a new baby monitoring technology to raise their child, but after years of ignoring their parenting duties the unhappy couple fall victim to her upbringing.
The Helping Hand
2019
5.7Three siblings plot to steal their ailing Grandmother's fortune, without realizing Grandma has a plot of her own.
Grandma's Not a Toaster
2013