Shawn Williamson

Shawn Williamson (born April 26, 1965) is an award winning film and television producer based out of Vancouver, Canada.

Shawn was born on April 26, 1965 in Vancouver, Canada. Shawn began his career as a stage manager at The Arts Club Theatre in 1983 and has since produced live events, live television and television series, as well as feature films.

In 2001, Shawn started Brightlight Pictures and has since been developing, financing, and producing feature films and television series. He has filmed in a variety of international locations, including: Singapore, Croatia, Romania, France, England, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. Fifty Dead Men Walking (Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess) was produced as a Canada/UK co-‐production, filmed in Belfast, and opened with a Gala Premier spot at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Shawn executive produced the feature film The Interview (Seth Rogen, James Franco) for Columbia Pictures, and Horns (Daniel Radcliffe), produced in conjunction with Mandalay Pictures and Red Granite Pictures. He also served as a producer on The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf) with Voltage pictures, 50/50 (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen), The Possession (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick), White Noise (Michael Keaton), Passengers (Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson), and Wicker Man (Nicolas Cage).

Shawn is currently producing the first season of the television series Lookinglass (Robert Kazinsky, Tim DeKay) for 20th Century Fox. Recently, he produced the feature film The 9th Life of Louis Drax (Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul) with Miramax and a remake of Adventures in Babysitting for Disney.

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