Shawn Bannon is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, AFI FEST, Hot Docs and they’ve been featured on The Atlantic, Forbes, and BBC America. His short films, Hurricane Heroes, Bloody Barbara and A Ghost Story – 10 Pages, have all been selected for Vimeo Staff Picks. His recent film The Green Knight Documentary was made for A24 and premiered on iTunes. The Smell of Money is his first feature documentary, it premiered at Sarasota Film Festival in April of 2022 where it won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize. The Smell of Money’s international premiere was at Hot Docs in Toronto, Canada where it received the Top 5 Audience Award and the film recently won the Best Life & Liberty Film at Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama and Best Feature Documentary at Bushwick Film Festival in New York City.
Film Selects
2022 – The Smell of Money – feature documentary. Premiered at Sarasota FIlm Festival and Hot Docs
2021 – The Green Knight Documentary – produced for A24, available on Itunes
2020 – Baby Chimp Rescue – segment starring Kate and Rooney Mara for BBC America
2020 – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy “I Love You (feat. David Pajo)” (Official Music Video)
2020 – Three Sisters Swamp – short documentary. Premiered at Cucalorus Film Festival
2019 – Hurricane Heroes – short documentary. Tarshis Award, Vimeo Staff Picks, featured on the Atlantic and NowThis
2018 – A Ghost Story: 10 Pages – BTS documentary starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Vimeo Staff Picks
2016 – Bloody Barbara – documentary / narrative hybrid. premiered at AFI FEST and Vimeo Staff Picks
2015 – Listen Up Philip – short documentary produced and filmed for Sailor Bear / Tribeca Films