shane boris - producer
Shane Boris is an Academy Award nominated producer focusing on films that push the boundaries of conventional forms in order to tell timeless stories. His films have premiered at festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, and Locarno; released theatrically across the world; and have been commissioned by streaming platforms such as Netflix and for television programs like PBS’s Independent Lens. His most recent film, the Netflix Original, THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY, was nominated for Critics Choice, Gotham, IDA and Academy Awards and was listed by The New York Times as one of the ten best movies of 2019. He also produced the SFFILM’s Golden Gate Award winning THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN and the scripted WALDEN: LIFE IN THE WOODS. Other credits include ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (Sundance, Best Directing), OLMO AND THE SEAGULL (Rio Film Fest, Best Documentary), and FUCK FOR FOREST (Warsaw Film Festival, Best Documentary). Shane was recently an Impact Partners Producing Fellow and was named by DOC NYC as one of the “40 under 40” working in documentary. In addition to his work in film and TV, Shane has been a startup cofounder, a writing consultant for authors and academics, and a song lyricist. He has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.