Shane Abbess

{{short description|Australian filmmaker|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

Shane Abbess is an Australian filmmaker best known for making the movies Gabriel and Infini.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2014/08/07/why-shane-abbess-returned-australia-make-infini-after-years-away-hollywood |title=Why Shane Abbess returned to Australia to make Infini after years away in Hollywood | Movie News | SBS Movies |publisher=Sbs.com.au |date=7 August 2014 |accessdate=6 May 2017}}{{cite web|author=Michael Bodey |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/shane-abbess-method-directors-sevenyear-itch/news-story/e2629fb2b387dc7872ba5fd2579f1d4b |title=Shane Abbess: Method director’s seven-year itch |publisher=The Australian |date=6 May 2015 |accessdate=6 May 2017}}

For a time he was attached to direct Source Code and The Dark Crystal 2.{{cite web|author=Oliver Pfeiffer |url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/infini-director-shane-abbess-on-being-inspired-by-classic-seventies-sci-fi/ |title=Infini director Shane Abbess on bringing back classic sci-fi | SciFiNow – The World's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Magazine |publisher=SciFiNow |date=23 February 2015 |accessdate=6 May 2017}}