Shawn Williamson

Partner

With over 20 years of experience, Shawn Williamson has risen to the forefront of the Canadian film and television industry as a leading independent film and television producer. A native of Vancouver, Shawn began his career as a stage manager in live theatre in 1983 and has since produced live events, live television, television series, television movies as well as feature films. In 2001, Shawn combined his film production expertise with the talents of independent producer Stephen Hegyes to form Brightlight Pictures Inc.

Shawn has filmed in many international destinations including Romania, Ireland, Singapore, France, England and South Africa. Fifty Dead Men Walking (Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess), a Canada/Ireland coproduction with Future Films and Handmade Films shot in Belfast and had a Gala Premiere at the Toronto International Film. Shawn recently completed shooting TV series Stormworld, a Canadian/Australian co-production which filmed in Australia, Singapore and Canada.

Shawn’s producing credits include Brightlight Pictures’ most successful coproduction to date, White Noise (starring Michael Keaton), which was a Canada/UK coproduction and has grossed more than $100 million since its release in 2005. Other past producing credits include Alone in the Dark (Christian Slater, Tara Reid, released by Lions Gate Films), he Long Weekend (Chris Klein, Brendan Fehr) and Edison (Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake). Shawn also produced In the Name of the King (Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds), White Noise II (Nathan Fillion) with Gold Circle Films and Rogue, and the television series Saved (Tom Everett Scott) for Fox 21 and TNT.

Shawn has line produced both Wicker Man (Nicholas Cage, released by Warner Bros.) and 88 Minutes (Al Pacino) for Millennium Films, as well as Whisper (Josh Holloway, Joel Edgerton, Dule Hill) and Slither (Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker, released by Universal) for Gold Circle Films. He has also line produced the independent features Possession (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace) for Yari Film Group, Vertigo Entertainment and Spitfire Pictures, along with Passengers (Anne Hathaway) for Mandate Pictures. Shawn produced They Wait (Jaime King), and executive produced the television series About A Girl aired by the N Network and Global TV.

Shawn executive produced the recently wrapped Frankie and Alice (starring Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgard) along with season two of the television series The Guard with Halifax Film and Global TV. He is currently producing the Canadian western Gunless (Paul Gross) with Rhombus Media.

Shawn chairs the City of Vancouver Industry Film Task Force and sits on the boards of each of the Whistler Film Festival, The Leo Awards and the BC Film Commission Advisory Committee. Shawn has received several awards including: The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006 (for Brightlight Pictures Inc.), and Business Vancouver’s 40 under 40 Award in 2004.