Shaun is an award-winning independent film producer, a director, screenwriter and script consultant, with more than three decades of experience spanning almost every aspect of film production. He’s been dreaming of directing features since he was seven, when he saw and loved RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and E.T., and realized they were made by the same person. He snuck onto his first set at age eleven, at Universal Studios, and got his first job on that same lot when he was eighteen, as a Production Assistant on the Amblin series SeaQuest DSV. He continued in that role on his first feature STRANGE DAYS, then began assisting actors, including Christopher Walken, Ben Stiller, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Zoe Saldaña and Cate Blanchett.
Shaun then transitioned to assisting directors Joe Wright, Peter Hedges and Judd Apatow. In 2004 he wrote and directed his own short film, LIFT, which Best Short at the FirstGlance Hollywood Film Festival and was acquired by IndiePix. In 2007 he founded Ravenwood Films and developed and produced his first feature, DAKOTA SKYE. The film was acquired and released by E1 and became a cult hit, remaining on Netflix's “Top 100” list for five years.
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Shaun next directed two music videos and produced the feature film GIRLFRIEND, directed by Justin Lerner, which premiered in 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Strand Releasing. The film won a Gotham Award, as well as numerous “Best U.S. Feature” accolades at festivals around the world. In 2015 he co-produced Lerner’s award-winning second feature, THE AUTOMATIC HATE, which premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Film Movement. Both films were released in theaters in North America.
Shaun has also produced commercials for Pepsi, Chevrolet, EA Sports and other brands, as well as a live event for the White House in collaboration with First Lady Michelle Obama and Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen.Shaun is a frequent speaker, teacher, and mentor in the international filmmaking community, and has shared his expertise at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California, the Phoenix International Film Festival and KVIFF in the Czech Republic, as well as The Prague Film School and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Independent Film Producing series in Los Angeles.
Shaun is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Producers Guild of America. He lives in Prague, where he has worked as a Project Coordinator for UPP, the largest post-production and VFX facility in mainland Europe, and as a VFX Coordinator for a forthcoming Amazon series.
In 2021 he and Shannon developed, produced and co-hosted the original podcast Character, featuring long form interviews with some of the most beloved character actors working today.
THE BENTLEY BOYS will be his feature directing debut.