Shannon Owen
Australia
Shannon Owen is a documentary filmmaker and researcher whose work explores the change making potential of documentary storytelling. Working closely with participants, her films reveal the human impact of broader socio-political issues. Her work has screened widely through film festivals and broadcast and exhibited at the Australian National Portrait Gallery. An alumni of the VCA Film & Television, Shannon returned to VCA to teach documentary and currently co-ordinates the Masters Filmmaking Program. Her research interests centre around relational ethics, social impact filmmaking and the intersections between documentary making and futures discourse.
