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Hi, I’m Shawn Tolleson Award-Winning Director, Writer, Producer and Entertainment Career Coach
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Shawn is a multi-award-winning director, writer and producer. As a career coach, her clients’ credits include Avengers: Endgame, 20th Century Women, Her, Fear The Walking Dead, This Is Us, Zoo, The 100, Mad Men, Criminal Minds, Glee, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NCIS: LA, The Bad Seed, Grey’s Anatomy, Star Trek: Picard, Mayans M.C., UnREAL, Empire, regional theatres such as The Geffen Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Arena Stage, ACT Seattle, networks and streamers such as Netflix, Hulu, Lifetime, Amazon, CBS, HBO, FX, the Hollywood Bowl, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and more.
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