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Shane Carruth

Date of birth: 1972-01-01

Place of birth: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Known for: Directing

Also known as:

Shane Carruth

Biography

Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. As a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in math, Carruth utilized his technical knowledge on the project.

Movie Credits

Primer
3.4

Primer

2004-10-08

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they succe

Upstream Color
3.2

Upstream Color

2013-04-05

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity beco

Everything & Everything & Everything
3.2

Everything & Everything & Everything

2014-09-04

The oppressively vapid life of Morgan is forever transformed when a mystical blue pyramid - that ine

We'll Find Something
3.1

We'll Find Something

2015-03-15

A couple struggles to choose a restaurant while visiting New York.

Swiss Army Man
3.5

Swiss Army Man

2016-06-24

Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one da

Memory Box
2.8

Memory Box

2016-09-24

A young mother works at a memory-recreation facility. When a client pushes her to break the rules, s

The Dead Center
2.9

The Dead Center

2019-10-11

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doc