With over 25 years working in the entertainment industry, Shannon has expertise in casting, contract negotiation, celebrity talent and studio licensing agreements, footage research and creative consulting. She has negotiated myriad agreements on behalf of major advertising agencies, cable networks, film studios, entertainment and corporate clients. Shannon started Brigid Media after nearly 6 years working in the footage licensing industry as the Director of Rights and Clearances for T3Media (now known as Veritone).
She has Script and Story Development expertise from working as a Development Executive for both Lifetime Original Programming and Paramount Pictures, where she put together deals for writers on weekly series and helped facilitate getting feature film scripts optioned and produced.
Her talent-booking experience stems from hiring all talent for T3Media's 'Storyline' collection. Additionally, she spent several years as the President of Creative Extras Casting and prior to CEC, she ran the non-union division of Central Casting in Los Angeles.
Her long list of credits is available upon request but does include recent successful talent contract negotiations for: Demi Lovato, Mila Kunis, Eva Longoria, Kanye West, Amelia Earhart, Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, B.B. King, Janis Joplin, Jeff Goldblum, Groucho Marx, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Sharon Stone, Johnny Carson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Peter Sellers, Janet Leigh, Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Carson Palmer and Heidi Klum.
As an award-winning actor, she has performed stand-up comedy at The Comedy Store, has guest-starred on several television shows, performed in live theatre and has appeared in several films and commercials. You can see her in the award-winning film, "Yellow Bird" as the snarky cashier named Paula (part of an ensemble cast) - NOW available on Amazon Prime and Apple+ - it's garnering terrific reviews!
Her film, "Pasta" was awarded the prestigious "Grand Jury Award" at the NY International Film Festival, and she also won several "Best Script/Best Writer" and "Best Supporting Actress" awards from various festivals as well.
Recently, she sold the rights to 4 of her short films and she has signed option/shopping agreements for the rights to several film scripts including "Christmas at the Roanoke Ranch" co-written with Tony Jerris and slated for distribution in the Fall of 2024! Shannon and Tony co-wrote several scripts that were recently optioned as well across all genres - including 2 Shark-themed Thriller/Action scripts! You can view her loglines at www.shannonkdunn.com - or click the button below to open the link.
