Shane Acker (born 1971) is an American filmmaker known for creating 9, which is based on his 2005 Academy Award-nominated short film, 9. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.
9, The Astounding Talent of Mr. Grenade, The Hangnail
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Trademark
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Post-apocalyptic stories.
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Quote
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I'd always been a cartoonist, [but] I leaned towards architecture because I didn't know you could make a living being an animator. In architecture, with all these building codes, all these historical codes, you start to realize how restrictive an art it really is - and for good reason. Because if the building falls down, someone gets hurt, that's a career-ender right there. No one's going to sue me if they don't have a good experience watching a film.
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Fact
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Acker was hyperactive as a child, therefore his mother and father encouraged him to draw.
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lucy: VR Experience
2016
TV Movie digital effects completed
47 Ronin
2013
previsualization supervisor: The Third Floor
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Monster Roll
2012
Short consultant / set vfx supervisor
Total Recall
2012/I
previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
previsualization artist: The Third Floor
9
2005
Short lighting
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
animator: Weta Digital
Major Damage
2001
Short lighter
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Plus Minus
2010
Short
9
2009/I
2005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films
2006
Video segment "9"
9
2005
Short
The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade
2003
Short
The Hangnail
1999
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade
2003
Short writer
Plus Minus
2010
Short
9
2009/I
story
9
2005
Short
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Jake and a Tom
2010
Short animation supervisor
Guild Wars
2005
Video Game animator
9
2005
Short animator
The Hangnail
1999
Short animator
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monster Roll
2012
Short storyboard artist
9
2009/I
concept artist - uncredited
9
2005
Short set designer
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Plus Minus
2010
Short
The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade
2003
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
9
2005
Short producer - uncredited
The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade
2003
Short producer
Special Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
9
2005
Short props and effects
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Litwin Incident
2015
Short very special thanks
Flower Story
2012
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
'9': Acting Out
2009
Video short
Himself
'9': The Long and the Short of It
2009
Video short
Himself
The Look of '9'
2009
Video short
Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
2009
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2005
Special Distinction
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Graduation Films
9 (2005)
2005
Junior Jury Award
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Graduation Films
9 (2005)
2005
Jury Prize
BendFilm Festival
Best Animated Short
9 (2005)
2005
Gold Medal
Student Academy Awards, USA
Animation
9 (2005)
1999
Audience Choice Award
MicroCineFest
Best Short
The Hangnail (1999)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Short Film, Animated
9 (2005)
Known for movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Visual Effects
9 (2009) as Director
9 (2005) as Visual Effects
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) as Visual Effects
$900,000
