Shane Boris

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Shane Boris
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Born1981 (age 42–43)
Littleton, Colorado
Alma mater Oberlin College (BA) Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
Occupation Film producer
Years active2004–present

Shane Boris, (born 1981, Denver, Colorado) is a film producer and the founder of Cottage M, an independent production house. [1] [2] Boris was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for The Edge of Democracy at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020. Later, in 2022, Boris produced two acclaimed documentaries, Fire of Love and Navalny, both securing Oscar nominations and marking him the first producer since Walt Disney to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature in the same year. Unlike Disney, Boris not only garnered nominations but also won the Oscar in 2023 for Navalny. This dual accomplishment of two nominations and a win set a new record in film history. [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Boris was born in Denver, Colorado. [6] After graduating from Colorado Academy in 2000, he pursued studies in religion and politics at Oberlin College, followed by a master's degree in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. [7]

Boris started work as a film producer with "You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t" in 2010, which was featured on multiple seasons of PBS's Independent Lens. [8] His second feature, "Fuck For Forest" (2013) screened at various festivals including SXSW, winning Best Documentary at the Warsaw International Film Festival. In 2016, "All These Sleepless Nights," premiered at Sundance, earning Best Directing in the International Documentary Competition. [9]

In 2019, two major themes emerged as focuses for Boris' film work: the sentience of non-human nature as well as anti-authoritarianism. [10] With long time collaborator Sara Dosa, he produced the "The Seer and The Unseen", a magic realist documentary set in Iceland about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief. In 2020, “Stray” a creative nonfiction film that follows the lives of stray dogs in the streets of Istanbul - had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win several awards as well as an Indie Spirit nomination. [11]

Boris achieved significant recognition with the Oscar Nominated The Edge of Democracy, a film that explored the complexities of democracy in Brazil. [12] Boris received multiple nominations for The Last Cruise, an HBO documentary short chronicling the first outbreak of the coronavirus outside of China on the Diamond Princess cruise liner. [13]

In 2023, Boris garnered dual Oscar nominations at the 95th Academy Awards."Fire of Love" was acquired by National Geographic Films at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen in theaters all over the world, as well as in partnership with museums including The Louvre and MoMA. [14] Simultaneously, "Navalny", which was commissioned by CNN Films, won Best Documentary at the BAFTAs and at the 95th Academy Awards.

In addition to sharing producing and writing credits on “Fire of Love”, Boris was also a producer and contributing writer on "King Coal," a documentary set in Appalachia. The film made its debut at Sundance and received nominations at the IDA [15] and the 17th Cinema Eye Honors. Also in 2023, Boris wrote and produced Hollywoodgate, a documentary based in Berlin, which had its World Premiere [16] at the Venice Film Festival and then one day later its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. [17]

Aside from producing, Boris has received an IDA award and Critics Choice nomination for writing, and has been a guest speaker at universities such as the Harvard Kennedy School and Columbia School of the Arts. [18] Boris is also co-founder of Joon, a multidisciplinary incubator, and has worked as a strategist for non-profits, as a writing consultant for authors, and a song lyricist for musicians. [19]

Filmography

Producer

Executive Producer

Awards and nominations

YearCategoryOrganizationFilmResult
2020Documentary Peabody awards The Edge of Democracy Won [20]
2020Documentary Feature 92nd Academy Awards The Edge of Democracy Nominated
2023Best Documentary British Academy Film Awards Fire of Love Nominated
2023Best Documentary British Academy Film Awards Navalny Won [21]
2023Outstanding Nonfiction Feature Cinema Eye Honors Fire of Love Nominated
2023Documentary Feature 95th Academy Awards Fire of Love Nominated
2023Documentary Feature 95th Academy Awards Navalny Won [22]
2023 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures 34th Producers Guild of America Awards Navalny Won [23]
2023Documentary Peabody awards Fire of Love Won [24]

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  3. ↑ Jill Goldsmith. "'Fire Of Love' To Pass $1 Million At Global Box Office, Becoming Year's Top-Grossing Documentary". Deadline .
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