Originally from Canada, Shane studied acting at The Bridge Theatre Training Company in Camden, London. Soon after graduating, he landed his first professional stage role playing Roderick Usher in a well-received expressionist stage adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall Of The House Of Usher' at the Vingtieme Theatre in Paris. Other leading stage roles followed before Shane decided to focus his energies solely on filmmaking.

Inspired by the experience of working with a number of respected film directors - such as Tim Burton ('Sweeney Todd', 'Dark Shadows') and Richard Linklater ('Me and Orson Welles') - as a performer, Shane formed Paradyll Productions in 2008 in order to fulfill his ambition of creating his own original work. Since Paradyll's inception, Shane has written, produced and directed 7 short subjects, 2 music videos and completed his first feature-length film, the neo-noir 'A Morass', in 2011.

Having equal passion for both classic Hollywood and experimental avant-garde cinema, Shane is looking to combine these two cinematic styles in his next feature-length project, 'Diaphanous Grandeur & The Prisoners Of Grace'.