Directing
Shane Carruth
Biography
Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. As a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in math, Carruth utilized his technical knowledge on the project.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
10
Acting credits
3
Directing
2
Writing
11
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 7.4Moonlight
2016 · movie · Thanks
- 2
★ 7.1A Ghost Story
2017 · movie · Additional Editor
- 3
★ 7.0Tales from the Loop
2020 · tv · as Cole (40's)
- 4
★ 7.0The Girlfriend Experience
2016 · tv · as Sam
- 5
★ 6.9Swiss Army Man
2016 · movie · as Coroner
- 6
★ 6.9Looper
2012 · movie · Thanks
- 7
★ 6.7Primer
2004 · movie · as Aaron
- 8
★ 6.3Upstream Color
2013 · movie · as Jeff
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
