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Shanda Sawyer, Director/Choreographer
 

Shanda Sawyer

Director/Choreographer

 
 

TELEVISION - Choreographer

GHOST WHISPERER w- Mary J Blidge/CBS
(Multiple Episodes)
LAS VEGAS w- Josh Duhamel/NBC
WALT DISNEY’S CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE  2006 ABC/Disney
(Creative Consultant)
WILD THINGS Paramount Television
CENTURY CITY Universal Television
DISNEY ANIMAL KINGDOM w- Paul Rodriguez/ABC
DEEP Aaron Spelling Productions
STOP AT NOTHING Aaron Spelling Productions
THE KEENEN IVORY WAYANS SHOW Buena Vista- Series chor
WHO NEEDS HOLLYWOOD?
*ACA Nomination
Buena Vista- Series chor
MOUSE CLUB Title Sequence - Disney
PARIS BY NIGHT
*ACA Nomination
C B C- Variety Specials
SUNDAY COMICS FOX
ROLLERGAMES Motown/Quintex - Series chor
ABC ROCKS ABC - Series chor
HAYWIRE FOX
ROCK ‘N REALITY SPECIAL
*2 Emmy Awards
*San Francisco Film Award
Group W
SWEET NOTHING
*Peabody Award
*Iris Award
*Philadelphia Emmy Award
*Gold Award: New York International Film Festival
Group W

TELEVISION - Director

WHO NEEDS HOLLYWOOD?  Oxygen –Director
69th ACADEMY AWARDS Michael Kidd Tribute - ABC
QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GIRL Bravo
THE MAN SHOW Comedy Central –Staff Director Seasons 1 & 2
THE KEENEN IVORY WAYANS SHOW Buena Vista– Staff Director
MISS AMERICA PAGEANT  2000 Up-Close Packages - ABC
EXTREME MAKEOVER ABC (Producer/Writer- Season 1)
PARIS BY NIGHT C B C- Variety Specials
MILLENNIUM LIVE Millennium Moments (Prod)
MOTOWN LIVE Comedy Segments/Universal
COMICS ON DELIVERY Comedy Central (Prod)
SUNDAY COMICS FOX – Director Short Films
WORLD’S GREATEST STUNTS FOX
STUNTMASTERS Syndicated Series
HAYWIRE FOX- Staff Director
ROCK ‘N REALITY SPECIAL
*2 Emmy Awards
*San Francisco Film Award
Group W

STAGE

RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS 2009 & 2007 Seasons/
Feld Ent. (Dir/Writer)
DANCING WITH THE STARS TOUR 2006-08 Tours/19 Ent. (Writer)
PARIS BY NIGHT 1995-2007 (Chor/Creative Dir)
AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS 1998/2000 (Dir/Chor)
SIEGFRIED & ROY USO BENEFIT Mandalay Bay Amphitheater (Dir/Chor)
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY’s (Chor )
BAMMIES: Bay Area Music Awards (Chor)
ABSOLUT GOLDEN SHEARS AWARDS (Dir/Chor)

COMMERCIALS - Choreographer

NESTLE WATER  Digital Domain
CARNIVAL CRUISES
*ACA Nomination
Digital Domain
101 DALMATIONS Disney – Aviator pictures
SUBARU w- Winona Ryder/PMC
PEPSI w- Hammer/Fragile Films
HAAGEN-DAAS w- Bolshoi Ballet members/
Kuni & Assoc.
NINTENDO
*ACA Nomination
Complete Pandamonium
YOPLAIT LGC
LEVI’S SilverTab Colossal
DOUBLEMINT Director’s Alliance
ACURA Dance One Pass
KELLOGGS Fruity Marshmallow Colossal
CHEERIOS Colossal
CRIBARI One Pass
LIMELITE White Noise

MUSIC VIDEOS - Choreographer

CHRIS ROCK Champagne Dir. Troy Miller/Dreamworks
HAMMER
Here Comes The Hammer
Dir. Rupert Wainright
CHORUS LINE Surprise Dir. Gary Gutierrez
GREG KIHN Boys Won’t Dir. Joe Dea
KHASHIF Condition Of The Heart Dir. Joe Vogt
BILLY PRESTON And Dance Dir. Michael Branton/
Shanda Sawyer
SYLVESTOR Hard Up Megatone
KROKUS Eat The Rich, Screaming In the Night Dir. Joe Dea

FILM - Choreographer

THE EFFECTS OF MAGIC New World - Dir. Chuck Martinez
’68 THE MOVIE New World - Dir. Steve Kovacs
SPANISH KITCHEN w- Los Lobos ABC -
Dir. T Bone Burnett

INDUSTRIALS - Director/Choreographer

REDKEN 2000-2006 (Dir/Chor)
LEVI’S SLATES Roll-out Show (Dir/Chor)
TREVOR SORBIE INTERNATIONAL European & U.S. Tours (Dir/Chor)
LEVI’S DOCKERS (Dir/Chor)
LEVI’S SILVERTABS (Dir/Chor)
SUPERCUTS National Sales Meetings (Chor)
MACY’S Passport Shows ‘87-’90 (Chor)
G.Q. MAGAZINE/MACY’S Gear Up With GQ (Dir/Chor)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Centennial Celebrations (Chor)
GOVERNMENT OF ITALY Emilia Romagna/Umbria Shows (Dir/Chor)
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Cystic Fibrosis Benefit (Dir/Chor)
OAKLAND A’S Cystic Fibrosis Benefit (Dir/Chor)

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