Biography
Michael Shanks is a New Zealand filmmaker, visual effects artist and composer. He is best known for directing the horror film Together (2025).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Together
2025
as Simon
Years into their relationship, a couple find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives ex...
Together
2025
Director, Screenplay
Years into their relationship, a couple find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives ex...
Rebooted
2019
as 10,000 Sandals Director
Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing ...
Rebooted
2019
Director, Executive Producer, Music
Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing ...
Parked
2019
Director
Everything's unfair, especially at the fun fair.
The Heckler
2015
Visual Effects
When a self-important comedian has an out-of-body experience, his body is hijacked by the spirit of a heckler he accidentally killed, and he must find...
Hit
2015
Original Music Composer
When Shane is convinced to join his friend’s plan to steal from a nearby factory, their simple grab for cash spirals out of control.
Palindromes
2015
Visual Effects
A lonely man obsessed with symmetry is forced to reveal a peculiar imperfection when he falls in love with the seemingly perfect woman.
Time Trap
2014
Writer, Editor, Background Designer
After losing control of his engines, bumbling spaceman Fripp finds himself at the mercy of his spaceship. A thrilling descent through an asteroid belt...