Shane Carruth

Director

“It was a huge risk. I quit my job that paid fine. I could have had a family and probably survived as a software engineer pretty well. But I quit all that to do this.”

Biography

Shane Carruth (born 1972) is an American film writer, director, editor, producer, actor and musician.

Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University.

Carruth wrote, directed, produced, performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize. Carruth, a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, utilized his technical knowledge on the project.

David Sullivan, one of the leads in Primer, claimed on his Twitter that “Shane Carruth’s next project, A Topiary, is in the early stages of pre-production.” Filmmaker Rian Johnson also posted: “Shane… has a mind-blowing sci-fi script. Let’s all pray to the movie-gods that he gets it made soon.” In 2010, several news sources reported that A Topiary is in the works, and that the script is written. There is already a website for the movie… read more

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micah van hove

13Jan12

Excited for this guy's career

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James, Qiydaar Foster, Pure Fault, O Hozomeen, Steve Pulaski, Joshua

Nelson

31Jul11

His next release as a writer/producer will be "A Topiary" apparently coming in 2013. Synopsis? "A group of young boys comes across a mysterious box that holds magical powers." (imdb) Mysterious you said it.

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Pure Fault

15May13

What ever happened to this one? =/
Pure Fault

22May13

Forget my last comment... found out that he's shelved "A Topiary" and has moved on. However, the script was leaked... http://www.sendspace.com/file/yyez4r