Biography

His short film, White Pony: Deftones (2000), was a major contribution to the worldwide success of the Deftones record of the same name. Quickly after, he directed videos for a wide range of artists and genres including The Warlocks, Gaunt, Drive-By Truckers, Chevelle, Stabbing Westward, Tim Easton, Sugarcult, The Sun, Enemy (feat. Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age), Taproot, Johnathan Rice, Brad Kane and the 'Gram Parsons Tribute Doc.' (feat. Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, Keith Richards, Dwight Yoakam, among others).

A co-owner of "Boulevard Industries" until 2009. He moved into the world of television and film. In 2009 and 2010, completing two seasons of the episodic series, Zane's Zane's Sex Chronicles (2008) for HBO/Cinemax.

Zane's Zane's Sex Chronicles (2008) is written by New York Times best-selling author Zane and produced by Oscar® nominee, two-time Emmy® winner Suzanne De Passe.

Before "Boulevard", he was a multi-nominated MVPA (Rock and Alternative) director at "Palomar Pictures" and "A Few Miles North". Preceding "Palomar", he ran "Naked", with fellow director Marc Webb.

Raised in Columbus, Ohio, he lives in Los Angeles, California.

He has been nominated for awards by the MVPA, Vancouver Video Fest and Urban Fest, New York.
- IMDb mini biography by: www.shawnfosterdirector.com