Known for Production
Shannon Makhanian is a producer, casting director, casting agent, actress and director.
Birthplace
Ventura, California, USA
Filmography
98 films


Saint Clare
2025 · 1h 32m
country: United States
In a small town a solitary woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and visions from the beyond.


Dead Money
2024 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Professional poker player Andy and his girlfriend Chloe are involved in a crazy 24 hours after a home poker game is robbed. Andy finds up playing the largest poker game of his life as both of their lives are in danger.


Hounds of War
2024 · 1h 34m
country: United States
After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.


Walden
2023 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Walden Dean is a stenographer, whose mind witnessed all types of injustices in the courtroom. After discovering he has a terminal illness, repressed anger deep within him surfaces -- taking justice into his own hands in the most gruesome ways imaginable.


The Re-Education of Molly Singer
2023 · 2h
country: United States
In college, attorney Molly Singer was the life of every party. Now, she's about to be fired because she can't leave her partying ways behind. Molly's boss, Brenda, tells Molly there's one way to save her job: re-enroll at her old alma mater, befriend Brenda's socially awkward son, Elliot, and take him from zero to campus hero.


The Locksmith
2023 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.


The Bay House
2022 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A career politician loses his election in the wake of scandal and is forced to face his family for the wreckage of his past.


Don't Look at the Demon
2022 · 1h 35m
country: Malaysia
A spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.


Escape the Field
2022 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
Six strangers suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in the distance and traps appear at every turn, the group realizes it’s been plunged into a cat-and-mouse game with an unseen evil, and survival depends upon solving a diabolical and deadly puzzle.


The Long Night
2022 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A devoted couple's quiet weekend takes a bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader come to fulfill an apocalyptic prophesy.


13 Minutes
2021 · 1h 49m
country: United States
As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in each other in order to survive.


Willy's Wonderland
2021 · 1h 29m
country: United States
When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.


The Doorman
2020 · 1h 37m
country: Canada
A former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader — while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and violent, the doorman calls upon her deadly fighting skills to end the showdown.


G-Loc
2020 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
With Earth virtually destroyed, Bran Marshall flees to Rhea, a nearby planet now hostile towards "Earthers". Escaping onto a Rhean supply ship, he finds the crew slaughtered, with the only survivor a female warrior named Ohsha. As the two try to kill one another, the ship is damaged by meteorites. Bran and Ohsha must join forces to salvage the craft before it impacts the planet below — and the humans that live there.


Becoming
2020 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A couple on a road trip through America encounter a terrifying dark force older than the country itself. An evil that transforms loved ones into someone terrifying, the entity has left a trail of murdered families going back hundreds of years.


Waiting for Anya
2020 · 1h 49m
country: Belgium
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.


Killers Anonymous
2019 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A failed attempt to murder a Senator is connected to a group meeting secretly to discuss their darkest urges—to take lives.


1st Born
2019 · 1h 19m
country: Iran
Tucker and Hamid are going to be grandfathers for the first time, but only if they can come together long enough to save their first-born grandchild.


Peel
2019 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
After his father takes his two brothers and high tails it, Peel is forced to grow up in a state of arrested development. Once his mother dies, he must forge his own path and attempts to find his lost brethren.


Feral
2018 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A wild animal attacks six medical students on a weekend hike in the woods. One by one, they become infected with a “feral disease,” turning them into rabid, bloodthirsty creatures, and the vacation becomes a nightmare as they fight to survive each other.


The Con Is On
2018 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.


The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 · 1h 38m
country: United States
14,000-year-old "Man from Earth" John Oldman, now teaching in northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially destroying the world's most popular religion.


Ghost House
2017 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A young couple go on an adventurous vacation to Thailand only to find themselves haunted by a malevolent spirit after naively disrespecting a Ghost House.


The Shadow Effect
2017 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.


Swing State
2017 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A bohemian Seattle DJ uses his on-air charisma to create a fictitious conservative radio personality, becoming an overnight sensation. Won best comedy for Palm Beach Film Festival 2016. Won Best Director LA Film Festival. Produced by Arthur L. Bernstein and Adam Falkoff


American Violence
2017 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.


The Perfect Weapon
2016 · 1h 27m
country: United States
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best operative is code-named “Condor” – an elite agent and hit man for the government. However, in his latest assignment, “Condor” fails to kill an opposition leader, and finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that he works for. This sets in motion a chain of events with unforseen consequences for all involved.


Last Man Club
2016 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last remaining members of his B-17 bomber crew with the help of a beautiful accomplice.


Close Range
2015 · 1h 20m
country: United States
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.


Queen of the Desert
2015 · 2h 8m
country: Morocco
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.


Intruders
2015 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.


A Dark Reflection
2015 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
A journalist digs deep into the world of aviation and discovers some uncomfortable truths. And a conspiracy trail dating back to 1954. But why is no one saying anything?


All-Stars
2014 · 1h 38m
country: United States
"All-Stars" is a hilarious commentary on the state of all youth sports today, fueled by the outrageous behavior of the desperate sports parent living vicariously through his or her child. In the vein of "Best in Show", where it's more about the dog owners than the dogs - "All-Stars" is about the adults involved in youth sports (parents, coaches, umpires, volunteers, board members, etc.) more than the kids. The end result is a funny, yet compelling spin on fast pitch softball as well as a unique state of affairs on the outlandish antics of a few crazed parents.


Reaper
2014 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Criminals and a beautiful but cunning hitchhiker must battle a supernatural force known as the Reaper.


Wicked Blood
2014 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Hannah and Amber Baker are trapped in a dark Southern underworld of violence, drugs and bikers. Both live in fear of their "Uncle Frank" Stinson, the ruthless leader of a crime organization.


Slightly Single in L.A.
2013 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Dale hopes for a meaningful relationship in LA but it eludes her. Then she bumps into a musician she knew before he became a star.


Pawn
2013 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.


Chlorine
2013 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
In the town of Copper Canyon, people are cashing in on an economic housing boom, and the local country club is buzzing about the investment opportunity. Once vivacious couple, Roger (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Georgie (Kyra Sedgwick), have settled into a complacent lifestyle of mediocrity where their marriage is falling apart and their children are turning away from them. Nonetheless, the desperately discontent Georgie pushes Roger into finding a way to invest in the market bubble in the hopes that their family can be saved with the money they are sure to make. When local tennis pro and part-time drug dealer, Pat (Rhys Coiro), comes to Roger for investment advice, Roger sees his opportunity. Torn by the reality that his family could be saved by this dirty money, Roger finds himself staring down the barrel of a moral conundrum.


Officer Down
2013 · 1h 38m
country: United States
When a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?


Tomorrow You're Gone
2012 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and uncertain resolution.


Chained
2012 · 1h 34m
country: Canada
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.


Soldiers of Fortune
2012 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.


Stash House
2012 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Dave and Emma have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroin and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs.


El Gringo
2012 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.


Rites of Passage
2012 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Anthropology students and their professor experience terror when they visit a sacred burial ground.


Bad Ass
2012 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.


Transit
2012 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Nate takes his family for a camping trip to reconnect. When they pull off at a rest stop, a gang of thieves hides their stash from an armored car robbery among the family belongings. They soon find themselves on the run and the gang will stop at nothing to get their money back.


Catch.44
2011 · 1h 33m
country: United States
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.


The Ledge
2011 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.


Triple Dog
2010 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.


Chasing 3000
2010 · 1h 55m
country: United States
As the 1972 baseball season draws to a close and star player Roberto Clemente prepares to knock hit number 3,000 out of the park, two brothers -- one of whom is afflicted with muscular dystrophy -- make the drive from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh in hopes of witnessing sports history in the making. Based on a true story, Chasing 3000 is directed by Gregory J. Lanesey and features Ray Liotta.


The Tomb
2009 · 1h 29m
country: Ukraine
Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy.


Falling Up
2009 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.


The Brothers Bloom
2009 · 1h 54m
country: United States
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.


Night Train
2009 · 1h 27m
country: Germany
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...


Red Sands
2009 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A group of U.S. soldiers on a mission in the Middle East find themselves with nothing to do in their free time. Out of sheer boredom they end up destroying an old statue in the desert, only to unleash a horrific entity.


While She Was Out
2008 · 1h 22m
country: Canada
Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.


Reach for Me
2008 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full of life Kevin becomes Alvin's hospice roommate. Through this "odd couple" relationship, Alvin learns that its not the minutes in our life, its the moments in your life that matter.


Red
2008 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Avery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the letter of the law. But when the law fails him, and the boys' father clearly defines right and wrong in his own way, Avery must avenge himself by any means possible.


Stag Night
2008 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Four guys on a bachelor party get off the subway at a station that shut down in the 70's and, after watching a transit cop get brutally murdered, find themselves running for their lives beneath the streets of NY.


The Last Word
2008 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When an eccentric poet who makes a living ghostwriting suicide notes falls for the free-spirited sister of his latest client, he must desperately maintain a web of lies to conceal how he knew her deceased brother.


Big Stan
2007 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.


Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip to find her.


Unknown
2006 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.


Cruel World
2006 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Following his dismissal from a television reality show, a deranged young man lures a group of beautiful coeds to his abode by telling them they will be the stars of a new show he is creating. What the women do not know is that when they lose their slot on the show, they lose their lives as well.


Edmond
2006 · 1h 22m
country: Germany
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.


Shark Bait
2006 · 1h 17m
country: South Korea
After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good.


Hatchet
2006 · 1h 24m
country: United States
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.


Brick
2006 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.


Ring Around the Rosie
2006 · 1h 27m
country: United States
While spending time at her grandparent's secluded summerhouse to clean up the place after her grandmother's death, a young woman is plagued by horrible visions and dreams of tragic past events.


The Elder Son
2006 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister".


Dirty
2005 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Two gangbangers turned cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.


Dead Birds
2005 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.


Mysterious Skin
2005 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.


Drop Dead Sexy
2005 · 1h 23m
country: United States
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.


Starstruck
2005 · 1h 16m
country: Unknown
Follow the lives of beautiful, talented, young stars as they shoot a period film set in the United States and England. They struggle with the pressures of teen life on a movie set and growing up way too fast. Some battle creative jealousies and each other, feeling lonely and used, while a few lucky ones find friendship ... and love.


Race You to the Bottom
2005 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Nathan and Maggie are in the throes of a passionate affair. They're young, good-looking, and both have boyfriends. When Nathan is assigned to write a travel article on romantic hot-spots in Napa Valley, these unconventional lovers test the limits of the sensuality and fantasy that bond them.


Born Killers
2005 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
John and Michael are taught by their father at a young age that people are merely piggy banks... if you need money, just break one open. Charming and brilliant, they roam the country robbing and murdering anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. After their partnership becomes strained and John sets off on his own, he discovers his father had a secret family... another wife and a daughter in another state. With a renewed sense of purpose he sets out to find and kill his stepsister. But this may be more challenging than he thinks... has he met his match?


Venice Underground
2005 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Selected by the DEA, a group of police cadets form a Narc unit to bust narcotic dealers along the Venice Beach Boardwalk. When a gang turf war leads to the death of one of the unit members, the team has 48 hours to solve the case or be suspended.


This Girl's Life
2004 · 1h 44m
country: United States
The porn star Moon spends her time working, nursing her widowed father that has Parkinson disease and with her friends Jessie and Martine. Her boss Aronson gives a new contract to Moon to be signed. Moon has a blind date with Jessie's friend Kip and they feel a great attraction for each other. When Jessie asks Moon to test the fidelity of her boy-friend, Moon decides to offer the service to other customers. But when she meets the dangerous Terry, she reevaluates her life and her relationship with Skip.


The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004 · 1h 38m
country: France
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.


George and the Dragon
2004 · 1h 33m
country: Germany
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King's missing daughter, Princess Lunna, a quest which sees George drawn into an unexpected battle with the kingdom's last surviving dragon.


I Love Your Work
2003 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A fictional movie star endures the disintegration of his marriage, a gradual mental breakdown, and an increasing obsession with a young film student who reminds him of his own life before becoming famous.


May
2003 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.


R.S.V.P.
2002 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A psychology student invites a group of his friends and teacher to a drug and alcohol-fueled party where he plans to murder them all.