Shane Carruth

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-01-01 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Shane Carruth

Biography

Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and 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 and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. As a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in math, Carruth utilized his technical knowledge on the project.

Acting

2004

Primer

as Aaron

2013

2016

Swiss Army Man

as Coroner

2016

Memory Box

as The Man

2019

The Dead Center

as Daniel Forrester

Production

2004

Primer

as Director

2004

Primer

as Producer

2004

Primer

as Music

2004

Primer

as Writer

2013

Upstream Color

as Director

2013

2013

Sun Don't Shine

as Executive Producer

2004

Primer

as Production Design

2004

Primer

as Sound Designer

2013

2013

2013

Upstream Color

as Cinematography

2004

Primer

as Editor

2016

Moonlight

as Thanks

2013

Upstream Color

as Camera Operator

2017

A Ghost Story

as Additional Editor

2012

Looper

as Thanks

2014

2019

The Dead Center

as Producer

2013

Upstream Color

as Producer

2016

Allegiant

as Other

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