Shan Serafin

Shan Serafin
Serafin on the set of The Believer
Born Shan Serafin
(1982-11-18) November 18, 1982
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater UCLA
Occupation Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
Years active 2009–present
Spouse(s)
Beth Morrow
(m. 2008; div. 2013)

Shan Serafin (/ʃɔːn ˈsɛrəfɪn/; born November 18, 1982) is an American film director, screenwriter, and novelist. In both film and literature he is known for his work in the thriller and action genres. For stage, the majority of his productions fall under drama.

He continually collaborates with best-selling novelist James Patterson, with whom he's co-authored The Women's War (2016),[1] an action thriller about three female special ops; Come And Get Us (2017),[2] a thriller about a young mother stranded in the desert; and Revenge (2017),[3] a thriller about a hitman avenging his wife. Serafin is known for fiction narratives featuring strong female characters often entangled in violent predicaments. His first novel Seventeen (Serafin novel)[4] is the story of a seventeen-year old adolescent who gives herself seven days to live. His second solo-effort is Conquest[5], a fiction narrative of the toils of modern dating.

His film-directing career began with The Forest (2011),[6] which was the first of three feature films he would write and direct. The Forest is a supernatural thriller shot on-location in the infamous Aokigahara Jukai suicide forest, which stars Aidan Bristow and Michael Madsen. His second film, Misfire (2013),[7] starring Jaina Lee Ortiz, is a stylized action-thriller depicting rival female assassins converging on the same target. His most-recent film, The Believer (2017),[8] is a psychological thriller involving demonology within the context of marital strife. The Believer represents his second collaboration with actor Aidan Bristow, who also produced, and co-stars Sophie Kargman along with Lindsey Ginter and Susan Wilder.

Serafin's directorial work in theater began with a stage play he also co-wrote entitled The Essential Bond,[9] a biographical narrative about the true story of two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. The Essential Bond starred John Astin and Matt Ashford and ran for three months. Thereafter, Serafin directed several stage productions in Los Angeles, including Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter,[10] Patrick Marber's Closer,[11] and Theresa Rebeck's Spike Heels[12].

Serafin trained in stage performance and filmmaking at UCLA and served as a member of the Aresis Ensemble Theater Troupe[13] in Santa Monica where he engaged in the North American debut of several avant-garde French and other European works. He is a practicing Buddhist, belonging to the Soka Gakkai International organization of Nichiren Buddhism practitioners,[14] wherein he has previously undertaken responsibility as a national youth leader and served for a term as the editor-in-chief of its national youth gazette Seize the Day.

He was married to Beth Morrow from 2008 until they divorced amicably in 2013.[15] They have no children. He currently resides in Los Angeles and Paris.

Novels

Seventeen (2004)

The Women's War (2016)

Come and Get Us (2017)

Revenge (2017)

Conquest (2017)

Filmography

Forest of the Living Dead (2011)

Misfire (2012)

The Believer (2017)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.com, webmaster@fantasticfiction.com -. "The Women's War (BookShots) by James Patterson and Shan Serafin". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Come and Get Us". www.jamespatterson.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  3. ↑ "James Patterson – Revenge". James Patterson Book List. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Bancroft Press - Shan Serafin's Seventeen". www.bancroftpress.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Bancroft Press - Shan Serafin's Seventeen". www.bancroftpress.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  6. ↑ The Forest (2011), retrieved 2017-05-13
  7. ↑ 2kblater. "Movie Director - Shan Serafin - 2 Movies". www.random-movie-picker.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  8. ↑ "Black Powder Works". blackpowderworks.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  9. ↑ "Speaker Biography - "The Essential Bond" - June 12, 1999 - Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries". scarc.library.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Red Light Winter Cast and Crew Plays 411 com Los Angeles". www.plays411.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Closer". The Complex Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Spike Heels". The Complex Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  13. ↑ "City Garage - Research Archives". www.citygarage.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  14. ↑ "Soka Gakkai International-USA | PaulingBlog". paulingblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  15. ↑ "shanserafin.com". www.shanserafin.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
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