Shannon Shea
Shannon Shea
Special Effects Character Creator & Monster Maker, Character Creation supervisor at Stan Winston Studio, KNB EFX Group & Cinovation Studios
Shannon's passion is contagious, his creativity is limitless and his talent for the craft makes him a force you don't want to make a movie without.
Grant Curtis
Producer, DRAG ME TO HELL, SPIDER-MAN 1, 2 & 3
About Shannon
Special Effects Character Creator, Monster Maker, and native New Orleanian, Shannon Shea grew up in the great “monster times” of the 60’s and 70’s, influenced by the Special Effects Character Creation work in the original King Kong, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ray Harryhausen films, and eventually Star Wars.
He attended CalArts in the experimental character animation program and left school early to pursue a career as a Special Makeup Effects artist and Creature Creator. He found himself at Stan Winston Studio during the production of Aliens and contributed to other Stan Winston efforts, including Predator, Batman Returns, Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park. His experiences led him to be a key supervisor at KNB EFX Group, where he coordinated shows such as Dances with the Wolf, Drag Me to Hell, and Predators.
Since 2013, Shannon has moved into producing with the completion of the psychological horror film Scream at the Devil. When he's not developing and producing projects, he spends his time writing, painting, sculpting, and occasionally acting when he can. A passionate advocate of "hand-working," he enjoys teaching what he's learned in his 3 decades as a working motion picture artist.
Courses by Shannon Shea
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Lessons
Mini Lesson! Excerpted from Garage Monsters - Direct Creature Hand Fabrication
In one of our prized $2.99 lessons, you'll learn the basics for creating a creature's hand from FLORAL WIRE, COTTON and some imagination!
June 04, 2013
Lessons
NEW MINI-LESSONS! - Garage Monsters - FX Shop Basics
Learn to set up and maintain a creature effects workshop with veteran FX artist Shannon Shea (Jurassic Park, Predator, Lost in Space) teaches FX shop basics, including safety tips, types of clays and airbrushes, how to make custom sculpting tools & more.
March 20, 2013
