Shawn Christensen

Shawn 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 Christensens short film Brink was an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Festival Film of the Year by ShortOfTheWeekcom 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 preproduction on a feature film based on Curfew and is attached to direct Sidney Hall IMDb Bio Author yusufpiskin