Shawn David Thompson(I)
- Editor
- Actor
- Director
Shawn Thompson is an Award Winning Director, Writer, Producer and Editor. In 1994 he founded the independent production company, Mo'z Art Pictures, producing numerous Award Winning Features, Shorts, Music Videos and Commercials.
Shawn began his career as an actor and musician in NYC before he moved to LA to star in the Aaron Spelling television series, "The Heights". He received a Gold Record for singing, songwriting and playing guitar on Gold Record for the hit soundtrack and the single, "How Do You Talk to an Angel", which went to #1 on the Billboard Charts.
In 2000, he wrote "Four Dogs Playing Poker" (starring Forest Whitaker, Tim Curry, Balthazar Getty). Concurrently he wrote episodes for the television series, "Redwall". After editing and writing for several films and television shows, in 2007 he joined Visionaire Media and edited the critically acclaimed documentary series "On the Road in America" . He also won several awards including the Audience Choice "Best Short Film" in the Beverly Hills Film Festival (2003) for his black comedy, "Shotgun Wedding". In 2009, he Produced, Directed and Edited the powerful documentary, "Life After Death" which won numerous Awards on the festival circuit. In 2011 and 2012, Shawn was Editor, Producer and Post Production supervisor on the second and third seasons of "On the Road in America" and edited the cult classic "Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid", a feature film for SyFy Channel directed by Mary Lambert. In 2014-2015, Shawn directed and edited the feature documentary, "Yemeniettes", the reality series, "Generation Entrepeneur" and the short film, "Angel Road" (available on Amazon Prime), winning dozens of awards on the festival circuit. He is the Co-Director and Editor for the Award Winning documentary, "American Caravan". His film, "The State of Assyria", won the 2015 Golden Palm Award at the Beverly Hills film festival. (Director, Producer, Editor)
2020 projects include: "Confessions of a Runner" (Editor, Executive Producer), "Daughters of Darkness" (Editor), "Confessions from the War" (co-Director/Editor), "Project Soar" (Editor), Believe, "The Yulia Tymoshenko Story" (co-Director, Producer, Editor.
Shawn began his career as an actor and musician in NYC before he moved to LA to star in the Aaron Spelling television series, "The Heights". He received a Gold Record for singing, songwriting and playing guitar on Gold Record for the hit soundtrack and the single, "How Do You Talk to an Angel", which went to #1 on the Billboard Charts.
In 2000, he wrote "Four Dogs Playing Poker" (starring Forest Whitaker, Tim Curry, Balthazar Getty). Concurrently he wrote episodes for the television series, "Redwall". After editing and writing for several films and television shows, in 2007 he joined Visionaire Media and edited the critically acclaimed documentary series "On the Road in America" . He also won several awards including the Audience Choice "Best Short Film" in the Beverly Hills Film Festival (2003) for his black comedy, "Shotgun Wedding". In 2009, he Produced, Directed and Edited the powerful documentary, "Life After Death" which won numerous Awards on the festival circuit. In 2011 and 2012, Shawn was Editor, Producer and Post Production supervisor on the second and third seasons of "On the Road in America" and edited the cult classic "Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid", a feature film for SyFy Channel directed by Mary Lambert. In 2014-2015, Shawn directed and edited the feature documentary, "Yemeniettes", the reality series, "Generation Entrepeneur" and the short film, "Angel Road" (available on Amazon Prime), winning dozens of awards on the festival circuit. He is the Co-Director and Editor for the Award Winning documentary, "American Caravan". His film, "The State of Assyria", won the 2015 Golden Palm Award at the Beverly Hills film festival. (Director, Producer, Editor)
2020 projects include: "Confessions of a Runner" (Editor, Executive Producer), "Daughters of Darkness" (Editor), "Confessions from the War" (co-Director/Editor), "Project Soar" (Editor), Believe, "The Yulia Tymoshenko Story" (co-Director, Producer, Editor.
