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BIOGRAPHY

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SHAAN COUTURE
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Shaan Couture is a film director and producer based in New York. Her awarded documentaries and short films often address themes such as music, sports, diversity and the handicap.

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Originally from Paris, France, Shaan is a globetrotter. She lived in Montreal, Canada, and Southern California, before moving back to New York. Shaan speaks 5 languages, including ASL that she learned for her awarded short film "Thin Lines" which features Deaf actors.

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With an advertising agency background, Shaan co-founded WediaWix in 2011, a film production company that allows her to produce her own projects. Her first feature "All Eyes on Brazil" a documentary about the 2014 FIFA World Cup was broadcast on television in Brazil, China, France and online.

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Her passion for music and sustainability of the arts is what inspired her newest long feature doc "New York Scherzo" now available on Amazon Prime.

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Shaan is currently working on her first narrative feature. 

While this video was originally made for the 2019 Nikon Film Contest,

it's also a 2min hybrid auto-biography video

on my shared passion for filmmaking with my sister Yamée.

LATEST AWARDS
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BEST DOCUMENTARY

New York Scherzo

SPECIAL JURY AWARD - 14th Cinema on the
SPECIAL JURY AWARD

New York Scherzo

Prix du Public - Carpentras fait son cin
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Vieux Revolver

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