Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw

Birth : 1983-04-06, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

History

Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator whose latest graphic novel, Cosplayers arrived September 2016 from Fantagraphics Books. His other recent books include Doctors, New School, BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. His animated works include Wheel of Fortune, the Sigur Ros video and Sundance selection Seraph (co-written with John Cameron Mitchell), and the 2009 IFC web series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD. He wrote and directed the independent animated feature My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (starring the voice talents of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon) which recently played at film festivals around the world, and had a U.S. theatrical release in April this year. He was a 2010 Sundance Labs fellow, a 2014-2015 Cullman Center fellow, and a 2016 MacDowell Colony fellow.

Profile

Dash Shaw

Movies

Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo
Writer
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.
Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo
Director
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Screenplay
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Producer
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Director
Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.
I Learn America
I Learn America
Animation
The children of immigration, here to stay, are the new Americans. How we fare in welcoming them will determine the nature of this country in the 21st century and beyond. The International High School is a New York City public school dedicated to serving newly arrived immigrant teenagers, with more than 300 students speaking two-dozen languages from 50 countries. The students strive to master English, adapt to families they haven't seen in years, confront the universal trials of adolescence, and search for a future they can claim as their own. In "I Learn America," five resilient immigrant teenagers come together over a year at the International High School at Lafayette and struggle to learn their new land. Through these five vibrant young people, their stories and struggles, and their willingness to open their lives and share them with us, we "learn America."
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Director
Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. These 16 films are the result. Sad, funny, beautiful and, occasionally, plain bewildering, they represent just some of the available emotional responses to this most contemplative album.
Seraph
Seraph
Writer
A boy's childhood scars his life.
Seraph
Seraph
Director
A boy's childhood scars his life.
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
Thanks
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.