Photo by Tami Aftab

Shannon Sullivan grew up in the heart of San Francisco. She studied acting at Emerson College, lived and worked in New York City and London, and now lives in Los Angeles. She previously worked in casting on such projects as Poor Things and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. After studying filmmaking at UCLA and the National Film and Television School in London, she completed her first short film, Eleanor in the Room, which she wrote and directed.