
Shawn Christensen
Writing • 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).
Known For
5.8Abduction
2011
6.8American Hostage
2026
6.7The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
6.3Enter Nowhere
2015
6.7Before I Disappear
2014
7.3Curfew
2012
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Filmography
- 2018★ 6.7
- 2016★ 6.9
- 2015★ 6.3
- 2014★ 6.7
- 2013★ 5.7
- 2012★ 7.3
- 2011★ 5.8
- 2010★ 5.0








