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Shane graduated from East Tennessee State University with a BS in Broadcasting and completed graduate studies in Film at the University of Memphis. in 1997, he began his career in Los Angeles as an assistant at the entertainment law firm Kleinberg, Lopez, Lange, Brisbin & Cuddy. He later joined the Programming department at Disney Channel and went on to work in Original Content Development at Warner Bros. Online. In 2001 Shane joined the Current Series Programming department at the NBC network working on series including "Will & Grace" and "Just Shoot Me". Following NBC's acquisition of the Bravo cable network, Shane joined their programming department working on the launch of series including "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", "Project Runway" and "Top Chef".
In 2006, following the merger of NBC and Universal, Shane helped launch NBCUniversal's Emerging Networks group, re-branding Bravo HD as Universal HD and launching and managing the new cable networks Chiller, focused on horror, and Sleuth (later Cloo), focused on mysteries and crime investigation.
In 2009, he transitioned to Chiller full time, moving to New York City to head the Chiller Programming department under Syfy channel. While at Chiller, Shane oversaw scheduling, acquisitions, and originals for the network, as well as launching the Chiller Films theatrical division where he was in charge of development, production, and distribution.
During his time at Chiller, Shane developed and produced original movies for both the network and theatrical division, many television specials and films for Syfy channel. In 2014 Shane left NBCUniversal to become an independent producer and founded Stargazer Films.
Shane is a member of the Producers Peer Group in The Television Academy and has executive produced films premiering at South By Southwest, Fantastic Fest and Slamdance.
