Shane Hurlbut

Shane Hurlbut is an acclaimed cinematographer with extensive feature and commercial credits including Scott Waugh's "Act of Valor," as well as "Terminator Salvation, " "We Are Marshall" and "Into the Blue." His small-screen credits include episodes of HBO's "Big Love" and "Deadwood" as well as the telefilm "The Rat Pack," for which he received an ASC Award nomination. Hurlbut has shot ads for Visa, Coca-Cola, Verizon and American Express. He has also collaborated with music legends the Rolling Stones, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins.

Hurlbut graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor of arts in film. He was a successful commercial DP prior to shooting his first feature project, HBO's "The Rat Pack," for director Rob Cohen. The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) nominated the film for Best Cinematography in the TV category.

Since then, Hurlbut has collaborated with noted filmmakers such as McG, John Stockwell and Charles Stone III. In addition to Stone's features "Drumline" and "Mr. 3000," Hurlbut shot the director's "True Vote" PSA, the winner of a Cannes Lion 2009 Special Jury Commendation. Hurlbut launched his own directing career with webisodes for "Terminator Salvation" and work for the U.S. Navy.

A progenitor of digital filmmaking, Hurlbut was one of the first cinematographers chosen by Canon as an Explorer of Light (EOL) for his trail-blazing use of the Canon 5D, 7D and 1D cameras. Hurlbut completed "The Last 3 Minutes," a Canon-sponsored short that screened at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show.

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