Shawn Christensen
BiographyShawn Christensen graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design. After graduating, he formed indie rock band Stellastarr* and, while on tour, wrote and sold many screenplays, including Sidney Hall (Fox Searchlight) and Karma Coalition (Warner Bros.). Stellastarr* released two albums on RCA Records and a third album, independently. In 2011, Christensen's short film, Brink, was an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and won "Best Festival Film of the Year" by ShortOfTheWeek.com. In 2012, his short film, Curfew, won over 40 awards in Film Festivals before winning the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards.
He is currently in pre-production on a feature film based on Curfew, and is attached to direct Sidney Hall.
In the role of director
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013 (03/02/2013)
If there’s a category at the Oscars that is difficult to predict, it is often the short film categories. The reasons they are so hard to predict is that, more often than not, people have not (or could not) see the shorts before the Oscars. For every short cartoon that plays before a Disney film, […]