Shaun Peterson

Shaun was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in the KC area as well as in Cleveland, Ohio, Atlanta, Georgia, and the St. Louis area. He attended high school in Wentzville, Missouri, (which was at the time) a small rural community. He was active in theater, was the student body president, and was the on air host of his own daily television talk show on the local cable channel called Teen Talk. He got a B.A. in Film Production and Theater Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Peterson moved to Los Angeles (and a year and a half in New York) where he has worked as an editor for MTV, VH1, and A&E. He directed his first feature film, Living In Missouri in 1999. He then started directing music videos for bands such as Train, Team Sleep, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Vendetta Red, and Low.