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Shawn Hanna is a Canada-born LA/NY based filmmaker, photographer, writer and traveller. His work spans several chapters of an unconventional career which began as a research assistant in jungles of Costa Rica, capturing footage of primates in the wild. He then continued to collect images and stories when he had eventually made his way to Europe as a travel photographer and writer. Several years on the road in jungles allowed him to lean into documentary film as well as commercial projects. He finally mustered up enough courage to move to New York at at the age of 30 in pursuit of work as both a photographer and director. Nearly seven years in the city helped him to dream bigger and scale up his creative ambitions - eventually focusing large sums of his energy and attention on screenwriting, directing and producing. Today he pulls from several of his experiences over the last 20 years to patiently stitch together compelling stories in several forms. History, film theory, natural systems, adventure, art, and the shared human experience greatly inspire his perspective.
Clients — Conde Nast, New York Magazine, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, L’Officiel Austria, W Magazine, Vs Magazine, Suited Magazine, The Lab Magazine, Monster Children, P Magazine, BMW, Gucci, Michael Kors, T-Mobile, H&M, Lands’ End, Tory Burch, Tumi, Lincoln, Garret Leight California Optics, Neuw Denim, AG Denim, Lightning Bolt USA, Madre Mezcal, MISA Los Angeles, Stag Provisions for Men, Christy Dawn