SHAWN MAURER

Career: 'Shawn Maurer never planned to work in film. Though he had grown up appreciating motion pictures, he never believed he'd be making them one day. It wasn't until enrolling in a film class in community college that he realized the place he belonged was behind the camera. Maurer enrolled in the film program at Loyola Marymount University and focused on cinematography while earning his degree in general film production. It was there that he made the contacts that proved invaluable during school and after. After graduating, he began working with ZM Productions.' Shawn Maurer: 'While working at ZM Productions, I met a handful of directors, including Peyton Reed, Jack Perez and John Schultz. John hired me for a low-budget film shot in North Carolina called 'Bandwagon'. Having completed it on a $400,000 budget, he sold the film to Lakeshore Entertainment and received limited distribution. ZM Productions was later hired to produce 'behind-the-scenes' films for Amblin Entertainment. This led to me landing a job shooting the 'behind the scenes' footage for 'Back to the Future II'. This was an extensive 30-day shoot using 16mm film. By this point, I was gaining good experience, but John wasn't able to get me onto his next project, 'Drive Me Crazy'. By the time 'Like Mike' came along he was able to include me, due to my work on 'Bring It On'. [From interview with Ryan Sanborn, 'MovieMaker Magazine', Volume 2, Issue #5.]

Shawn Maurer: 'I prefer low-budget films because they are often more rewarding, creatively. With fewer people on a lower budget, you're frequently allowed more creative control. No studio is stepping in and everyone's creative process is going toward the same goal. Sometimes working with a studio can be like having too many cooks in the kitchen and can derail a creative thought.'

1987	Legends of Doo-Wopp [Richard Mortillaro] c; doc/?m; prod LMU
1989	The Magical Ride [Richard Mortillaro] c; doc/31m; for National Carousel Association
1990	The Howie Rubin Story [Rod Cohen] c; short/28m; prod LMU
1994	The Making of 'Jurassic Park' [John Schultz] c; doc/51m; addph: Kevin McKnight, Rick Pendleton, Nick Rivera, a.o.
1994	Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump [Peyton Reed] c; doc/30m; cph: Rick Robertson & Mark Zavad; on the making of 'Forrest Gump' (1993)
1994	Bandwagon [John Schultz] c; 2uc: Nick Rivera
1995	Congo: Journey Into the Unknown [Kevin Gorman & Doug McCallie] c; doc/24m; cph: Mark Zavad; on the making of 'Congo' (1994)
1996	The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'/E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - A Look Back [Laurent Bouzereau] V/c; doc/91m; cph: Maurey Dahlen, a.o.; behind-the-scenes ph: John Toll
1996	Show & Tell [Dean Pollack] c
1997	Full Tilt Boogie [Sarah Kelly] c; doc/97m; 'Fangoria' videographer; ph: Christopher Gallo; on the making of 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (1995)
1997	The Big Empty [Jack Perez] c
1998	La Cucaracha [Jack Perez] c
1998	The General's Daughter: Behind the Secrets [Kevin Gorman] c/V; doc/20m; cph: Robert Jaye (Los Angeles), Rick Robertson (L.A.), Mark Zavad (L.A.), Eric Albright (Savannah) & Allen Rosen (Savannah)
1999	Big Wheel [Jeff Taupier] c; short/12m
1999	Lost Cause [Glenn Gaylord] c; short/7m
1999	Bring It On/Girls United [Peyton Reed] c
2000	Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond [John Cork] c; doc/44m; cph: Mark Rivers, Steven Wacks & John Whatton
2000	Run Ronnie Run! [Troy Miller] c; + small part
2001	Academy Boyz [Dennis Cooper] c; announced as 'Prep' in 1997
2001	Boat Trip [Mort Nathan] b&w-c
2002	The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor [Rich Mortillero] c; doc/23m; cph: Ron Siegel, Sovonto Green & Steve Clark; on the making of 'Windtalkers' (2002)
2002	Like Mike/Magic Baskets [John Schultz] c
2002	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town [John Schultz] c
2003	Johnson Family Vacation [Christopher Erskin] c
2003	Scarface: Creating [Laurent Bouzereau] c; doc/30m; cph: Ron Siegel, Maurey Dahlen, a.o.; on the making of 'Scarface' (1982-83)
2003	Daisy Winters [Beth LaMure] c
2003	Clandestine [Norwood Cheek] V/c; mus short/8m
2003	Superchunk: Crowding Up Your Visual Field [Jesse Peretz, Peyton Reed, Norwood Cheek & Phil Morrison] V/c; mus doc & comp music videos/?m; cph: Norwood Cheek
2004	Our Time Is Up [Rob Pearlstein] scope/c; short/12m; addph; ph: Jeremy Launais
2004	The Honeymooners [John Schultz] s35/c; 2uc New York: David M. Dunlap
2004	Shadow Man [David Benullo] scope/c; short/12m
2005	Caffeine [John Cosgrove] c
2005	Date Movie [Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer] c; 2uc: Michael A. Benson
2006	Black Rain ['Making the Film - Part 1' (28m), 'Making the Film - Part 2' (9m), 'The Script, the Cast' (20m) & 'Post-Production' (12m) dir by Laurent Bouzereau] V/c; cph: Maurey Dahlen, Michael Osment, a.o.; doc on the making of 'Black Rain' (1988)
2006	Epic Movie [Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer] c; New Jersey ph: David M. Dunlap; Paris ph: Lubomir Bakchev; 2uc: Paul Sanchez
2007	Meet the Spartans [Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer] c
2008	Disaster Movie/Meet the Spartans 2 [Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer] c
2008	Black Dynamite [Scott Sanders] c; addph: Frank Sun
2008	73 Degrees [Rick Hays] looking for investors; status unknown

1990	The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy [Peyton Reed] doc/21m
1994	A Day in the Lives of Melrose Place [?] doc special/60m for FOX-tv; cph: Maurey Dahlen, Nick Rivera, a.o.
1995	The World of James Bond [Paul Hall] doc special/60m for FOX-tv
1995	The Future of Crime Fighting [Robert Asher] doc special/60m for NBC-tv; cph: Tom Hurwitz & Richard Pendleton
1996	Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda [Shannon McIntosh] doc/29m/v; cph: Jeb Bergh, Jim Feeney, Steven Wacks, a.o.
1997	Foto-Novelas [ep 'Seeing Through Walls', 'In the Mirror' & 'The Fix' dir by Carlos Avila & ep 'Mangas' dir by A.P. Gonzales] 4-part series by ITVS for PBS-tv
1997	Lost in Space: A Behind the Scenes Journey [Chris Pulis] doc/?m
1998	Famous Families [ep #1 'The Jacksons: First Family of Pop'; exec prod: Kevin Burns] 5-part doc series, 1998-99; cph: Steven Bernstein, Jeb Bergh, Alex Poppas, a.o.
1998	LIFE Remembers [David Haugland] special/60m for CBS-tv
1998	Beyond Titanic [Edith Becker] doc special/b&w-c/120m; co-c.op; ph: Josh Morton
1998	The Making of 'You've Got Mail': A Conversation with Nora Ephron [prod: Mark Cowen & Mark Herzog] doc/?m; ep series 'HBO First Look'
1999	It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' [Mark Herzog] doc/14m; ep series 'HBO First Look'
1999	Suicide Missions [ep #3 'Ball Turret Gunners' dir by Robert Lihani] 17-part doc series for The History Channel; cph: Norman Johnston, Richard Numeroff & Bryan Neumeister
1999	Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery [Edward Lucas] dram doc special/60m
1999	History's Mysteries [ep #15 'The Mysterious Howard Hughes' dir by ?, #21 'Born Killers: Leopold and Loeb' dir by ?] 139-part doc series, 1999-2001, for The History Channel; 1st season, 1999-2000; cph: Josh Morton (#15 & 21), Ned Miller (#21), a.o.
1999	Behind the Music [ep 'Donny & Marie' & 'Donna Summer'] mus doc series, 1997-2003, for VH1-tv; season 1999-2000; cph: David Rudd, Doug Snowden, a.o.
2000	Unauthorized Brady Bunch: The Final Days [Jack Perez] tvm/60m
2000	After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped [Ted Haimes] dram doc/60m for FOX-tv
2000	The Making of 'Rugrats in Paris' [Kevin Gorman] doc special/30m for Nickelodeon-tv; cph: Sovonto Green, Steve Yaconelli & Mark Zavad

1988	Party Line [William Webb] best boy; ph: John Huneck
1989	The Banker [William Webb] best boy; ph: John Huneck
2001	Contact: Talking to the Dead [Pete DeLasho; tv-doc] co-lighting des; ph: Christopher Seivard, Ed Elliott, a.o.
2007	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour [Bruce Hendricks; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Mitchell Amundsen, Rodney Taylor & Reed Smoot