Originally from Canada, Shane studied acting at The Bridge Theatre
Training Company in Camden, London. Soon after graduating, he landed
his first professional stage role playing Roderick Usher in a
well-received expressionist stage adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The
Fall Of The House Of Usher' at the Vingtieme Theatre in Paris. Other
leading stage roles followed before Shane decided to focus his energies
solely on filmmaking.
Inspired by the experience of working with a number of respected film
directors - such as Tim Burton ('Sweeney Todd', 'Dark Shadows') and
Richard Linklater ('Me and Orson Welles') - as a performer, Shane
formed Paradyll Productions in 2008 in order to fulfill his ambition of
creating his own original work. Since Paradyll's inception, Shane has
written, produced and directed 7 short subjects, 2 music videos and
completed his first feature-length film, the neo-noir 'A Morass', in
2011.
Having equal passion for both classic Hollywood and experimental
avant-garde cinema, Shane is looking to combine these two cinematic
styles in his next feature-length project, 'Diaphanous Grandeur & The
Prisoners Of Grace'.