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Shana Hagan

Shana Hagan is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California.

Known For

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain · 2021

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

★ 7.02021

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

Won't You Be My Neighbor? · 2018

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

★ 8.02018

MovieDocumentary

For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · 1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

★ 7.91991

MovieDocumentary

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Return to Space · 2022

Return to Space

★ 6.52022

MovieDocumentary

The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · 2022

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

★ 5.92022

MovieDocumentaryDrama

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.

Documentary centering on the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand's presidency rocketed her to the global political stage.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated · 2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

★ 7.12006

MovieDocumentary

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 · 1995

Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13

1995

MovieDocumentary

The making of the movie 'Apollo 13' hosted by Dr. Sally Ride and presented by the Sci-Fi Channel

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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain · 2021

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

★ 7.02021

MovieDocumentary

Additional Director of Photography

Won't You Be My Neighbor? · 2018

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

★ 8.02018

MovieDocumentary

Additional Photography

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · 1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

★ 7.91991

MovieDocumentary

Director of Photography

Return to Space · 2022

Return to Space

★ 6.52022

MovieDocumentary

The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

Cinematography

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · 2022

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

★ 5.92022

MovieDocumentaryDrama

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

This Film Is Not Yet Rated · 2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

★ 7.12006

MovieDocumentary

Director of Photography

Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 · 1995

Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13

1995

MovieDocumentary

The making of the movie 'Apollo 13' hosted by Dr. Sally Ride and presented by the Sci-Fi Channel

Director of Photography

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't · 2008

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

★ 7.22008

MovieDocumentary

On the 35th anniversary of the release of the landmark film "The Godfather," (March 15, 1972) we look back at the time and place of the film's conception and shooting.

Cinematography

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story · 2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

★ 6.72006

MovieDocumentaryTV Movie

Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.

Director of Photography

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story · 1999

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

★ 7.81999

MovieDocumentary

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and personality to the world's most beloved icon. "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" takes you behind the scenes to meet Walt Disney's best friend and chief animator.

Director of Photography

The Choir and Conductor · 2022

The Choir and Conductor

2022

MovieDocumentary

The Choir and Conductor is about a visionary conductor hired when few women were given the chance to conduct and her extraordinary impact on thousands of children who love to sing together in the LACC, now world renowned. The story takes place in Iceland and Norway where conductor Anne Tomlinson leads her last tour with 65 choristers. As they rehearse songs of social justice, of mothers and martyrs, of warriors of change and songs of beauty.

Cinematography

Generation Wealth · 2018

Generation Wealth

★ 6.42018

MovieDocumentary

Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

Director of Photography

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

Director of Photography

Maria Bamford: Old Baby · 2017

Maria Bamford: Old Baby

★ 5.22017

MovieComedyDocumentary

She's savagely upbeat. Lovably awkward. And full of surprises. A wildly funny trip through a one-of-a-kind comic mind.

Director of Photography

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of tribal and government corruption, scarce housing, unemployment, and alcoholism. Intimate interviews with a spiritual leader, a grandmother, an artist, and a community activist from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation reveal how each survives through family ties, cultural tradition, humor, and a palpable yearning for self-reliance and personal freedom.

Cinematography

A middle-aged man sets the table for two. His sister drops by to give him their late mother's wedding ring, and flowers for the table for this special night. He changes his clothes several times and tries out various ways to propose marriage.

Director of Photography

Walk Run Cha-Cha · 2019

Walk Run Cha-Cha

★ 5.52019

MovieDocumentary

Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern California-and are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor.

Director of Photography

The unlikely story of 106-year old Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, and how he overcame poverty and racism in America to become a celebrated modernist painter, Hollywood sketch artist, and “Disney Legend” for his groundbreaking work on the classic animated film, Bambi.

Director of Photography

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World · 2018

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

2018

MovieDocumentary

Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto and CNN's Isha Sesay take a journey to Morocco and Liberia, where they meet young women overcoming incredible odds to change their lives.

Director of Photography

Growing Up with Nine Old Men · 2013

Growing Up with Nine Old Men

2013

MovieDocumentary

Ted Thomas, son of Disney Animator, Frank Thomas, decides to go visit the offspring of the rest of Disney's Nine Old Men and narrate a documentary about what it was like growing up with them.

Cinematography

March of The Living · 2010

March of The Living

★ 8.82010

MovieDocumentary

The moving story of the last generation of Holocaust survivors who travel to Poland with thousands of teenagers from around the world to retrace the Death March from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

Director of Photography

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien · 1996

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

★ 6.51996

MovieDocumentary

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. Mark O'Brien was a journalist and poet who lived in Berkeley, California. The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on 4 July 1999, from post-polio syndrome. It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.

Cinematography

Shakespeare Behind Bars · 2005

Shakespeare Behind Bars

★ 5.52005

MovieDocumentary

Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.

Cinematography

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces · 2024

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

★ 7.82024

SeriesDocumentary

Steve Martin is one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in entertainment. Dive into his extraordinary story from two distinct points of view—past and present—as Martin reflects on how his beginnings led to his unexpectedly fulfilling life today.

Additional Director of Photography

Superpowered: The DC Story · 2023

Superpowered: The DC Story

★ 7.52023

SeriesDocumentary

This docuseries takes an unprecedented look at the enduring and influential legacy of DC, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company’s origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium.

Additional Photography

Watergate · 2018

Watergate

★ 10.02018

SeriesDramaDocumentary

A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.

Director of Photography

Over nearly six decades, the series has documented the group as they have become adults and entered middle-age, dealing with everything life has thrown at them in between. Now, as the group reach retirement age, the series is back to discover what they are doing…

Director of Photography