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Shawn Williamson (born April 26, 1965) is a Canadian film and television producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shawn Williamson (born April 26, 1965) is a Canadian film and television producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Williamson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Shawn began his career as a stage manager at The Arts Club Theatre [1] in 1983 and has since produced live events, live television and television series, as well as feature films. [2]
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Shawn Williamson is an Emmy-nominated producer and founder of Brightlight Pictures, a film and television production company based out of Vancouver, British Columbia that develops, packages, and produces independent feature films and television projects. Since launching in 2001, Williamson has produced more than 250 film and television series, from White Noise with Michael Keaton, and 50 Dead Men Walking starring Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley to Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal starring Anne Hathaway, critically-acclaimed Summer of '84 , and Disney’s Descendants films.
Williamson’s current productions include an array of critically-acclaimed film and television projects, including Lionsgate’s Float starring Robbie Amell, Nickelodeon’s Monster High: The Movie, Netflix’s “Firefly Lane”, [3] Amazon Prime Video’s “Upload” and “The Power” with Toni Collette, Auli'i Cravalho, and John Leguizamo, AMC’s “Lucky Hank” with Bob Odenkirk, and the renowned drama series “The Good Doctor” for ABC and Sony Pictures Television, [4] which was named the most watched television series in the world at the Monte Carlo TV Festival in 2018.
A highly sought-after executive producer, Williamson’s other noteworthy credits include: The Interview starring Seth Rogen and James Franco for Columbia Pictures; Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe, produced in conjunction with Mandalay Pictures; and Netflix’s “Julie and the Phantoms,” for which he was nominated for an Emmy. [5] He also served as a producer on The Company You Keep with Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf, 50/50 starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, The Possession starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick, Passengers with Anne Hathaway, and The Wicker Man starring Nicolas Cage.
With more than 25 years at the forefront of the film and television industry, the Vancouver native began his career as a stage manager at The Arts Club Theatre in 1983 and, in addition to feature films, has since produced live events, live television and unscripted series across the globe, including Singapore, Croatia, Romania, France, England, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Australia. [6]
| Award (Event) | Result | Year | Category | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo | Nominated | 2023 | Best Television Movie | Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2023 | Best Television Movie | Mid-Love Crisis (2022) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2023 | Best Motion Picture | Float (2023) |
| Leo | Won | 2022 | Best Television Movie | A Clüsterfünke Christmas (2021) |
| Daytime Emmy Awards | Nominated | 2021 | Outstanding Young Adult Series | Julie and the Phantoms (2020) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2021 | Best Television Movie | Sleeping with Danger (2020) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2021 | Best Television Movie | A Sugar & Spice Holiday (2020) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2021 | Best Television Movie | Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (2020) |
| Leo | Won | 2021 | Best Television Movie | Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2020 | Best Television Movie | Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019) |
| Leo | Won | 2020 | Best Television Movie | Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story (2020) |
| Pena de Prata | Nominated | 2020 | Best Comedy Series | Julie and the Phantoms (2020) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2019 | Best Dramatic Series | The Good Doctor (2017) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2019 | Best Dramatic Series | Valley of the Boom (2019) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2019 | Best Television Movie | Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter (2019) |
| Leo | Won | 2019 | Best Television Movie | Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance (2018) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2018 | Best Television Movie | Cocaine Godmother (2017) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2018 | Best Motion Picture | 1922 (2017) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2017 | Best Television Movie | The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016) |
| Leo | Won | 2017 | Best Television Movie | Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2017 | Best Motion Picture | Little Pink House (2017) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2017 | Best Motion Picture | The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2016 | Best Motion Picture | The Confirmation (2016) |
| Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition | Won | 2015 | Award of Merit Short Film Drama | Greece |
| Leo | Nominated | 2015 | Best Television Movie | The Christmas Secret (2014) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2015 | Best Dramatic Series | Witches of East End (2013) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2015 | Best Television Movie | Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014) |
| Canadian Screen Award (Gemini) | Nominated | 2014 | Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie | Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) [9] |
| Leo | Won | 2014 | Best Television Movie | Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) [9] |
| Leo | Nominated | 2014 | Best Television Movie | The Color of Rain (2014) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2014 | Best Television Movie | Delete (2012) |
| Leo | Won | 2011 | Best Feature Length Drama | Gunless (2010) |
| Genie | Nominated | 2010 | Best Motion Picture | Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) |
| Leo | Won | 2010 | Best Youth or Children's Program or Series | Stormworld (2009) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2010 | Best Feature Length Drama | The Thaw (2009) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2009 | Best Feature Length Drama | Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2008 | Best Feature Length Drama | Normal (2007) |
| Leo | Nominated | 2008 | Best Feature Length Drama | They Wait (2007) |
| DVDX Award | Nominated | 2003 | Best Live Action DVD Premiere Movie | Finder's Fee (2001) |
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