Shawn Foster
Shawn M. Foster is an American music video, film, and television director.
Biography
Career
His short film, White Pony, was a major contribution to the worldwide success of the Deftones record of the same name. Since then, he directed videos and projects for a wide range of artists and genres including the Gram Parsons Tribute Documentary, featuring Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, Keith Richards, John Doe and Dwight Yoakam, among others. Also directing Live at the 40 Watt for the Drive-By Truckers, featuring Jason Isbell.
He has also directed videos for The Warlocks, Gaunt, Drive-By Truckers, Chevelle, Stabbing Westward, Tim Easton, Sugarcult, The Sun, Enemy, Taproot, Johnathan Rice, Caleb Kane He also helmed the directing teams ELEANOR, (with Michael Barnett) and CITIZENS OF TOMORROW (with Craig Bernard).
Formerly. one of the founding partners at Boulevard Industries, he moved from Boulevard to direct for television and film, completing the HBO episodic series, Zane's Sex Chronicles. Z.S.C., is written by New York Times best-selling author Zane and produced by Oscar nominee, two-time Emmy winner Suzanne de Passe.
He was a multi-nominated MVPA director at Palomar Pictures and A Few Miles North. Preceding Palomar, he ran Naked, with director, Marc Webb. (500) Days of Summer / The Amazing Spider-Man). He is currently in pre-production for the short film, Nancy Boy , a script he wrote and adapted from a short story by Adam Rose, with music composed by Troy Van Leeuwen. (Queens of the Stone Age)
Shawn is currently directing and co-producing (with Fred Uther) the documentary, I Just Want You to Understand Me. Based on the life and tragic end of Jay Bennett of Wilco. He is also currently directing long-form documentary and videos for The Mavericks, a multi Billboard charting band and Grammy winner for the band's new label, Mono Mundo / Thirty Tigers.
Raised in Columbus, Ohio, he now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
External links
- Shawn Foster at the Internet Movie Database
- Shawn M. Foster Website
- Zane's Sex Chronicles
- Shawn Foster MVDBASE