SHANNON MORRALL
Filmmaker
About Me
About
Shannon Morrall is a genre filmmaker who attended USC's School of Cinematic Arts for an MFA in Film Production. She most recently served as lead producer on Europa, an eco-fantasy short, filmed at Sony Pictures Studios'
LED Volume in collaboration with Oscar-Winning Pixomondo and the Entertainment Technology Center. Her stories tend to explore human connection, joy, and play, often through the escapism of grand adventure genres. As such, she is passionate about virtual production and using technology to tell stories that are out-of-this-world.
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As a Director: She was recently awarded the $25,000 Natural Florida Film Grant to direct an ocean conservation documentary. Her work has screened at film festivals worldwide, awarded the Deep Blue Environmental Shorts Award (Hawaii International Film Festival, US Dept. of Energy); Award of Excellence - Conservation Film (Catalina FF), Outstanding Director (Art of Brooklyn).
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As a Writer: her most recent project, Art of Con, made it to the second round of consideration for the Sundance Episodic Makers Lab and was awarded a full scholarship to the Sundance 2020 Ignite Program. The series pitch was also a finalist in the ISA Pitch Competition, Stareable Fest, and the Catalyst Content Festival 2021. The pilot script was nominated for Best Episodic Screenplay at the Women's Comedy Film Festival.Beyond her artistic pursuits, Shannon worked as a women's rights representative at the United Nations and has a degree in International Politics and Mandarin Chinese from Fordham University. She loves tennis and Dungeons and Dragons.
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