Photo Credit: Matthew Duchesne
Shawn Seet has worked in the Film and Television Industry as both an Editor and a Director. His second feature film Storm Boy released in January 2019. Recent television work includes Set-up Director for NCIS: Sydney, airing first on CBS Network Television in 2023, followed by Paramount+ and Network 10, ABC Series Barons (2021-2022), Set-up Director on the Channel Nine / Playmaker Media series Amazing Grace (2020) starring Kate Jenkinson and Sigrid Thornton, series Director on the four-part supernatural drama Hungry Ghosts (2019) for SBS, and Reef Break (2019) for Disney / ABC US. His work also includes the Olivia Newton-John telemovies for Channel Seven, Deepwater for Blackfella Films / SBS and Reckoning for Playmaker Media / Sony. Shawn was also the Set-up Director on Love Child for Playmaker Media and the Nine Network and series Director (one and two) on The Code for Playmaker Media and the ABC. Shawn’s work for Playmaker also includes Love Child Series 2 and Hiding.
Shawn’s debut feature Two Fists, One Heart received critical acclaim and a Best Feature Film Direction nomination from the ADG. He has been awarded by the ADG for Drama Direction for Underbelly – A Tale of Two Cities and both the ADG and AACTA for Best Direction Television Drama for season one of The Code. The telemovie Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door for Shine and the Seven Network has garnered Shawn both AACTA and ADG wins for Best Director. In 2016 he received his second AACTA nomination for Best Direction Television Drama for Season two of The Code. It was his third consecutive nomination in this category.
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