Frederick Shanahan
Frederick is an award-winning film editor based in New York City. He won Best Editing at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for his work on the feature documentary When Lambs Become Lions. His feature work also includes The Birth of Sake, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on PBS POV in 2016; From This Day Forward, which premiered at the 2015 Full Frame Film Festival and aired on PBS POV in 2016; The Search for General Tso, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival; and The City Dark, which premiered at SXSW in 2011 and was nominated for an Emmy in 2013. Frederick also has extensive TV experience, which includes work on the Netflix Original Series Salt Fat Acid Heat, the National Geographic Original Series Year Million, the CNN Original Series Death Row Stories, the A&E Original Series The Killing Season, and the Netflix Original Series Cooked, which premiered at Berlinale in 2016. He graduated from the Boston University College of Communication, magna cum laude, with a B.S. in Film and Television.
Credits
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SUMO: Spirit Weighs NothingEditor2026
The Dynasty: UConn HuskiesEditor2026
Music Box: Happy and You Know ItEditor2025
The Dynasty: New England PatriotsEditor2024
Super League: The War for FootballEditor2023
The LineEditor2021
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into DarknessEditor2021
Amend: The Fight for AmericaEditor2021
Murder on Middle BeachEditor2020
NarrowsburgEditor2019
The Emoji StoryEditor2019
When Lambs Become LionsEditor2018
The Birth of SakéEditor2015
The Search for General TsoEditor2014
World FairEditor2013
The City DarkEditor2012