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Shane Anderson

(Him)

Director, Producer and usually a little of everything else, Pacific Rivers, Swiftwater Films

Olympia, Washington US

About

Shane Anderson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and conservationist with a focus on socio-environmental issues in the American West. Native to the Pacific Northwest and with a background in fisheries biology he has carved out his niche documenting Pacific salmon and is the owner of Swiftwater Films and North Fork Studios. He has produced 6 award-winning feature-length documentaries and over 70 shorts viewed by millions worldwide. His films have been broadcast nationally on PBS, utilized in education curriculums, and have driven impact campaigns that have led to positive conservation outcomes for rivers, forests, and wild fish. In 2021 Shane began collaborating with BBC’s natural history division for Planet Earth 3 and he’s been on assignment and licensed footage to some of the world's top wildlife programs on Netflix, BBC, and PBS. Shane just wrapped his 6th a feature film titled: “THE LOST SALMON” and is in post production on a feature collaboration with the Nez Perce Tribe and a multi-year documentary titled “ UNDAMMING KLAMATH” about a 20 year indigenous led effort to remove 4 hydro-electric dams and setting in motion the largest river restoration effort the world has seen.