Philip Shane

Philip Shane

editor, editorial department, director

Philip Shane was born on Nov 21, 1967 in USA. Philip Shane's big-screen debut came with The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story directed by Susan Warms Dryfoos in 1996. Philip Shane is known for Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey directed by Constance Marks, Whoopi Goldberg stars as Narrator and Bill Barretta as Self - Puppeteer. Philip Shane has got 2 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Philip Shane achieved is DocAviv Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Philip Shane plays is Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey which will be released on Apr 27, 2012.

Philip Shane is documentary filmmaker with over 25 years of experience, most recently as Editor of Dancing In Jaffa, which had it's World Premiere at the 2013 TriBeCa Film Festival, and for which he won the Best Editing Award at Israel's prestigious DocAviv Film Festival. He was Co-Director & Editor of Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival), and Producer & Editor of Einstein: The Real Story Of The Man Behind The Theory (2008, History Channel).At ABC News for nearly a decade, Shane edited many distinguished programs including Ted Kopple's Iraq War Journal, Tip Of The Spear, which won the 2004 DuPont Columbia Award for Broadcast Journalism, and Martin Luther King: Searching For The Promised Land (1999) which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program. A short film he made with Peter Jennings and Senior Producer Richard Gerdau, Witness To History, preserved Jennings' personal memories of 9/11 and has been placed in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American History.Shane has edited many films about performing artists. He worked with Paul McCartney and filmmaker Alistair Donald on Wingspan (2001), about Paul & Linda McCartney's life after The Beatles. His previous project, The Beatles Revolution (2000) told the story of the band through the memories of musicians, artists, politicians, writers, and other celebrities.Other acclaimed documentaries that Shane has edited or co-edited include Andre's Lives (PBS, 1998), Concert Of Wills: Making the Getty Center (PBS, 1997), and Green Chimneys (Sundance "American Spectrum" & Cinemax, 1996).

  • Birthday

    Nov 21, 1967
  • Place of Birth

    Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

DocAviv Film Festival
2013
Dancing in Jaffa (2013)
Winner - Best Editing
Dancing in Jaffa (2013)
Sundance Film Festival
2011
Documentary
Winner - Special Jury Prize
2011
Documentary
Winner - Special Jury Prize