Known for

Writing

Place of birth

United States

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*. 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).

Titles

American Hostage

Series • 2026

Abduction

Movie • 2011

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Movie • 2018

Enter Nowhere

Movie • 2015

Before I Disappear

Movie • 2014

Drink and Be Merry

Movie • 2025

Curfew

Movie • 2012

Something Pointless

Movie • 2026

Cul-de-Sac

Movie • 2016