Shant is the writer/director of "Night of the Slasher"—ACADEMY AWARD® qualified—200 Film Festivals (including SXSW)—60 Award Wins—Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere (The first horror short to earn this honor)—Short of the Week—Picked up by FORBES and dozens more publications and spread through over 5 million Facebook feeds.—Licensed for distribution to BLOODY DISGUSTING on ROKU TV, ALTER, OMELETO, SCREAMFEST, MAGNETFILM, and more.Shant has made numerous shorts and music videos that have played in dozens of elite festivals and won awards such as at FANTASIA and OAXACA FILMFEST.He often consults on screenplays, shorts, and feature films which have gone on to great success such as "Followed" which opened to #1 at the box office during the pandemic and "Call List", a screenplay that made the coveted Black List.Shant became an Executive Producer on the highest crowdfunded horror film of all time, "Shelby Oaks", written and directed by popular YouTuber, Chris Stuckmann and produced by Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package).He graduated with a Bachelors in Illustration from Art Center College of Design.