Skip Shea
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Skip Shea is an Emmy Nominated filmmaker, writer, artist and actor from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was nominated as a producer on season 2 for "Beacon Hill the Series." He initially adapted the book and wrote season 1 which was also nominated.
He first feature length move "Trinity" was picked up by Bay View Entertainment for distribution and can be found on Amazon Prime in the USA and UK as well as in DVD format.
His second feature "Seeds" won the Rondo Hatton Award for Best Indie Feature in 2020. The Rondo Awards have been labeled as the Oscars for Horror. It has been distributed by Bay View Entertainment and Vipco in 2023.
He started this career later in life with his one man show "Catholic (Survivng Abuse and Other Dead End Roads)" which had it's premier in New York in 2005. It chronicles his life as a survivor of clergy sexual abuse, a recovering alcoholic and parent who lost a child. And it is mostly a comedy.
He is also the director of the The Shawna E Shea Memorial Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit named after his daughter who passed away in 1999. The Foundation runs two film festivals, The Shawna Shea Film Festival and the Mass Indie Film Festival. They offer local scholarships to graduating seniors at Uxbridge High School as well as a Women in Film Fellowship which gives support to first time female filmmakers. He is working on expanding the programs in 2022.
He first feature length move "Trinity" was picked up by Bay View Entertainment for distribution and can be found on Amazon Prime in the USA and UK as well as in DVD format.
His second feature "Seeds" won the Rondo Hatton Award for Best Indie Feature in 2020. The Rondo Awards have been labeled as the Oscars for Horror. It has been distributed by Bay View Entertainment and Vipco in 2023.
He started this career later in life with his one man show "Catholic (Survivng Abuse and Other Dead End Roads)" which had it's premier in New York in 2005. It chronicles his life as a survivor of clergy sexual abuse, a recovering alcoholic and parent who lost a child. And it is mostly a comedy.
He is also the director of the The Shawna E Shea Memorial Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit named after his daughter who passed away in 1999. The Foundation runs two film festivals, The Shawna Shea Film Festival and the Mass Indie Film Festival. They offer local scholarships to graduating seniors at Uxbridge High School as well as a Women in Film Fellowship which gives support to first time female filmmakers. He is working on expanding the programs in 2022.
