
Shawn Christensen
- Known for
- Writing
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography

Something Pointless 2026
Executive Producer

Drink and Be Merry 2025
as David Culhain

The Helping Hand 2019
Producer

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018
Director, Writer, Executive Producer

Cul-de-Sac 2016
as Father, Producer, Writer

Enter Nowhere 2015
Writer, Executive Producer

Before I Disappear 2014
as Richie, Producer, Director, Writer

Grandma's Not a Toaster 2013
as Arnie, Writer

Curfew 2012
as Richie, Director, Writer, Editor

Abduction 2011
Writer
- Brink
Brink 2010
Director, Writer
- Missing Girl
Missing Girl 2006
as Chad
Credits from TMDB.