His short film “High Maintenance” won a Student Academy Award and a Special Jury Award for Comedy at FFF 2012, and his previous work as a writer, director, editor, and producer has screened at film festivals around the world. His short “Upstairs” has been viewed more than three million times online and was developed as a pilot for Fox and Warner Bros TV. Fox gave Shawn a blind commitment for a second pilot, which led to writing his half hour comedy Fives. He is also attached to direct his feature script Too Cool. Shawn is a graduate of the Columbia University film program and has previously worked at Late Night With Conan O'Brien, As the World Turns, Mother Productions, Plum TV, and the commercial production company Hungry Man, as well as on the feature films Rush Hour 3, Get Smart, Cocaine Cowboys, and 3 Backyards.