Profile Details
- Country: United States
- Province/State: California
- City: Los Angeles
- Experience Level: Emerging
- Field of Work: Narrative Film, Commercials, and Music Videos
- Union: Non-Union
- Interested In: Directing TV For Hire, Directing Film/Digital for Hire, Directing Music Videos/Commercials, Developing my own Film/TV/Digital Material, and For-Hire Work
- Recent Credits: Lisa Mania (Feature Film, 2021), Conquistador Azul (Period, Scfi Short, 2022)
- Favourite Movies: The Lobster, Blue Valentine, Inglorious Basterds, You Were Never Really Here, True Grit, Collateral, Survive Style 5+
- Favourite TV Shows: Firefly, The Crown, Black Mirror, Arcane, Veep, The Boys, House of Cards, The Queen's Gambit
- Pitch a Project: Looking for another producer to join my sophomore feature--a crime thriller with grounded scifi elements that's currently top 12% of scripts on Coverfly.
- Authorized to work in the USA?: Yes
- Contact Information: https://shaunvivaris.com/contact
- Link: https://www.instagram.com/shaunestshaun
- Link 2: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4890129
- Link 3: https://shaunvivaris.com/
Bio
Shaun Vivaris is an award-winning filmmaker from New York, where he was mentored by the late great Sol Stein. He is currently based in Los Angeles even though the pizza is nowhere as good.
With the goal of breaking Asian American stereotypes by putting AAPIs at the front of fresh genre-blending narratives, his work has screened at multiple international festivals including Cinequest, SciFi London, Visionfest NY, PAAFF, and is a recipient of the Canal+ Award from France’s Tres Court Film Festival. He is an alumnus of Visual Communications’ Armed with a Camera directing fellowship.
In 2021, he made his feature directorial debut with the comedy Lisa Mania, which world premiered at the 37th Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival and was recently acquired by Freestyle Digital Media for streaming release August 23 this year.
His newest short film, 16th century period piece Conquistador Azul, is beginning its festival run, starting with its world premiere at Cinequest 2022 and the Palm Springs ShortsFest 2022 (Film Market).
Intro
I’m most attracted to diverse stories that really push genre boundaries and I’m always looking for good people to collaborate with. If you have either, let me know!