Curren Sheldon is an Emmy-winning and Academy-Award nominated producer, filmmaker, and DP. 

About Curren:

I am an Academy-Award nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker and photographer based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

I am the director of photography and producer on the Netflix Original Documentaries "Heroin(e)" and "Recovery Boys." 

My video work has been commissioned by The New York Times, MSN, The Bitter Southerner, and Mashable among others. My photography work has been commissioned by Orion Magazine, 100 Days in Appalachia,  Mashable, The Ohio Valley Resource, and The Bitter Southerner.

Email me: currensheldon@gmail.com

FILMOGRAPHY

“Beat Down” (forthcoming) - Director, DP
“Country Brawlers” (2024) - Director, DP
”King Coal” (2023) - DP, co-Producer
”Best Clowns” (2022) - DP, Editor
“Phoenix Rising” (2021) - Co-DP, HBO mini-series
”Meet Salia” (2020) - Co-Director, DP
“Coal’s Deadly Dust” (2019) - DP
“Recovery Boys” (2018) - Producer and DP
“Summer’s End” (2018) - Co-Director, DP
“Heroin(e)” (2017) - Producer and DP

AWARDS & HONORS:

2024 ASC Awards, Best Cinematography, Feature Documentary “King Coal”
2023 Cinema Eye Honor, Best Cinematography “King Coal”
2023 IDA Awards, Best Cinematography “King Coal”
2023 Camerimage Golden Frog Nominee “King Coal”
2020 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Short Format, Children’s Program “Meet Salia”
2020 News & Doc Emmy Nomination Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine: “Coal’s Deadly Dust”
2020 News & Doc Emmy Nomination Best Story In A Newsmagazine: “Coal’s Deadly Dust”
2019 CPDD/NIDA Media Award: “Heroin(e)”
2018 SAMSHA Voice Awards: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Academy Award Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Emmy Award: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Peabody Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Cinema Eye Honor Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2016 Threshold Foundation: “Recovery Boys”

EXHIBITS/SCREENINGS: 

2018 Metrograph NYC: “Recovery Boys”
2018 Hot Docs International Film Festival: “Recovery Boys”
2017 Camden International Film Festival: "Heroin(e)"
2017 Aspen Institute: DC Screening of “Heroin(e)”
2017 Meet The Press Film Festival- “Heroin(e)”
2017 SF Film- “Heroin(e)”
2017 LACMA Screening of "Heroin(e)"
2017 Telluride Film Festival - “Heroin(e)”
2016 BritDoc Good Pitch NYC - “Recovery Boys”
2016 IFP Spotlight on Documentaries - “Recovery Boys”
2016 Points North Pitch at Camden International Film Festival - “Recovery Boys”