Shane Stanley

Shane Stanley

director, producer, writer

Shane Stanley was born on Jun 15, 1971 in USA. Shane Stanley's big-screen debut came with Gridiron Gang directed by Lee Stanley in 1992. Shane Stanley is known for High Tension, Low Budget (the Making of a Letter from Death Row) directed by Bret Michaels, Bret Michaels stars as Michael Raine and Charlie Sheen as Cop. The most recent award Shane Stanley achieved is WorldFest Houston. The upcoming new movie Shane Stanley plays is Night Train which will be released on Jan 17, 2023.

At sixteen years old, Shane had already received his first Emmy Award for his work on Desperate Passage (1987) which starred Michael Landon. Over the next few years he learned filmmaking under his father Lee Stanley on what became known as The Desperate Passage Series (1988 to 1995) starring Sharon Gless, Edward James Olmos, Marlo Thomas and Louis Gossett Jr.. The self-produced series earned a total of thirty-three Emmy nominations, (winning thirteen) as well as numerous Christopher Awards and CINE Golden Eagles. In 1994, the Stanleys feature film, Street Pirates (1994) was a two-time winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award for best feature documentary and film editing.In 2001, Shane launched Visual Arts Entertainment, his own production company, most notably credited with Rédemption (2006) starring Dwayne Johnson & Xzibit as well as the critically acclaimed independent film, A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004) with Academy Award nominee, Gary Busey. The film, (produced for under $10,000) marked Shane's directorial debut and went on to win the Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest Houston, Best Dramatic Short Film at the International Family Film Festival, a Telly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television as well as two Aurora Awards for writing & directing. The film was also invited to Cannes to compete in the annual international film festival.

  • Birthday

    Jun 15, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Encino, California, USA

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 0 nominations

WorldFest Houston
2011
Television and Cable Production - TV Series-Dramatic
Winner - Gold Award
My Trip to the Dark Side (2011)
2004
Independent Short Subject-Films & Video - Dramatic-Original
Winner - Special Jury Award
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004)
1994
Theatrical Feature Film Awards - Documentary
Winner - Silver Award
Street Pirates (1994)
International Family Film Festival
2008
Best Dramatic Short Film
Winner - Film Award
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004)
2008
Best Short Drama
Winner - Film Award
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004)
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