Shane Boris

Boris was born in Denver, Colorado.{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=Michael J. |date=2022-08-04 |title=Shane Boris on FIRE OF LOVE |url=https://michaeljcinema.com/2022/08/04/shane-boris-on-fire-of-love/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Michael J. Cinema |language=en}} After graduating from Colorado Academy in 2000, he pursued studies in religion and politics at Oberlin College, followed by a master's degree in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.{{Cite web|url=https://www.coloradoacademy.org/list-detail?pk=50750|title=Shane Boris '00|website=Colorado Academy}}

Boris started work as a film producer with "You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't" in 2010, which was featured on multiple seasons of PBS's Independent Lens.{{Cite web |title=You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't {{!}} Alzheimer's {{!}} Independent Lens |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/youre-looking-me-i-live-here/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Independent Lens |language=en-US}} His second feature, "Fuck For Forest" (2013) screened at various festivals including SXSW, winning Best Documentary at the Warsaw International Film Festival. In 2016, "All These Sleepless Nights," premiered at Sundance, earning Best Directing in the International Documentary Competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmindependent.org/talent/shane-boris/|title=Shane Boris}}

In 2019, two major themes emerged as focuses for Boris' film work: the sentience of non-human nature as well as anti-authoritarianism.{{Cite web |title=SIGNPOST PICTURES |url=https://www.signpostpictures.com/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=SIGNPOST PICTURES |language=en-US}} With long time collaborator Sara Dosa, he produced "The Seer and The Unseen", a magic realist documentary set in Iceland about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief. In 2020, "Stray" a creative nonfiction film that follows the lives of stray dogs in the streets of Istanbul - had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win several awards as well as an Indie Spirit nomination.{{Cite web |last=Laffly |first=Tomris |date=2020-04-27 |title='Stray': Film Review |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/stray-review-1234590197/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Boris achieved significant recognition with the Oscar Nominated The Edge of Democracy, a film that explored the complexities of democracy in Brazil.{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=2019-06-18 |title=Review: 'Edge of Democracy' Looks at Brazil With Outrage and Heartbreak |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/movies/edge-of-democracy-review.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Boris received multiple nominations for The Last Cruise, an HBO documentary short chronicling the first outbreak of the coronavirus outside of China on the Diamond Princess cruise liner.{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2021-03-30 |title='It was like a horror film': inside the terror of the Covid cruise ship |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/29/it-was-like-a-horror-film-inside-the-terror-of-the-covid-cruise-ship |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

In 2023, Boris garnered dual Oscar nominations at the 95th Academy Awards."Fire of Love" was acquired by National Geographic Films at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen in theaters all over the world, as well as in partnership with museums including The Louvre and MoMA.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2022-01-23 |title=National Geographic Documentary Films Breaks Sundance Deal Logjam With Mid-7 Figure WW Pact For Hot Docu 'Fire Of Love' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/national-geographic-documentary-films-acquiring-hot-sundance-docu-fire-of-love-1234918052/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} Simultaneously, "Navalny", which was commissioned by CNN Films, won Best Documentary at the BAFTAs and at the 95th Academy Awards.

In addition to sharing producing and writing credits on "Fire of Love", Boris was also a producer and contributing writer on "King Coal," a documentary set in Appalachia. The film made its debut at Sundance and received nominations at the IDA{{Cite web |title=IDA Documentary Awards 2023 Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.documentary.org/awards2023/nominees |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}} and the 17th Cinema Eye Honors. Also in 2023, Boris wrote and produced Hollywoodgate, a documentary based in Berlin, which had its World Premiere{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Biennale Cinema 2023 {{!}} Hollywoodgate |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023/out-competition/hollywoodgate |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=La Biennale di Venezia |language=en}} at the Venice Film Festival and then one day later its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2023-08-31 |title='Hollywoodgate' Clip: Watch Taliban Explore Abandoned U.S. Base In Afghanistan; Doc Plays At Venice & Telluride |url=https://deadline.com/video/hollywoodgate-doc-clip-taliban-us-base-venice-telluride/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Aside from producing, Boris has received an IDA award and Critics Choice nomination for writing, and has been a guest speaker at universities such as the Harvard Kennedy School and Columbia School of the Arts.{{Cite web |title=NAVALNY: Political Opposition in Russia and the Power of Documentary {{!}} The Institute of Politics at Harvard University |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/events/navalny-political-opposition-russia-and-power-documentary |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=iop.harvard.edu |language=en}} Boris is also co-founder of Joon, a multidisciplinary incubator, and has worked as a strategist for non-profits, as a writing consultant for authors, and a song lyricist for musicians.{{Cite web |title=Joon |url=https://www.joonincubator.com/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Joon |language=en-US}}

Producer

• Independent Lens, 1 episode - 2010
• Elementary Cool - 2009
• You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't - 2010
• Fuck For Forest - 2013
• Olmo and the Seagull - 2015
• All These Sleepless Nights - 2016
• Break - 2016
• Walden: Life in the Woods - 2017
• The Seer and the Unseen - 2019
• The Edge of Democracy - 2019
• Silent Rose - 2020
• Stray - 2020
• The Last Cruise - 2021
• Fire of Love - 2022
• Navalny - 2022
• King Coal - 2023
• Hollywoodgate - 2023

Executive Producer

• Band - 2022

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