Shawn Puett

With a lifelong desire to pursue the arts of cinematography, Shawn pursued his first desire to act in the arts at the age of sixteen at a local acting school in his home town of Atlanta. Thereafter, as he lived under the roof of his parents his mother suspected the "industry was too immoral" for her son to become involved in, thus prohibited his purpose to pursue his own want to become an actor. He exclaims that that calling never disappeared. Some years passed and Shawn became independent and returned to acting school. He recalls the last day of class where each student was called in to get an honest evaluation from the acting instructor. The instructor left him as the last person as he watched people pour out of the room with disappointment in a dreadful silence, some even with tears. Finally, he was called in as the instructor gave a smile and said "Dude you can do this! You're good! You're funny!" It was an encouraging confirmation, however in the arts of acting nothing was happening in Atlanta Georgia with production in those days, additionally Shawn had a business, a house, and very grounded to Atlanta at this juncture. Although relocating to LA or NY was considered to pursue the acting career, it would take some time to make those elements coincide. One day those elements finally did coincide and here are those golden crossroads at the present. Today Shawn has decided to be fully committed to the arts of cinematography as an actor, screenplay writer, and producer. "If a door never opens, then build the door, obstacles are mere illusions that can only serve as an excuse to desist." By: Shawn J Puett