2011Nominee
Best Writing
Abduction
Shawn Christensen
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
United States
Biography
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Director
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2015Nominee
Best Writing
Enter Nowhere
Career Highlights
2014Highlight
Best Performance
Before I Disappear
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Drink and Be Merry
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Abduction
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Enter Nowhere