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Edge City Films is the creation of Cinematographer Shawn Hiatt. He started the company in 1989 as an entity for his freelance work and as an outlet for independent films.
Award winning Cinematographer, Shawn Hiatt grew up on the mainland US before moving to Hawaii in 1985 to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa, earning a B.A. in Broadcast communications, with a concentration in Advertising.
In 1988 he interned with Hawaii's #1 production company QDD.
After graduation in 1989 Shawn joined Pacific Focus Inc. as the principal cinematographer. Since pusuing his freelance career in 1998, his client list continues to expand.
Recent clients and credits include; national spots for McDonalds, Steinlager, Phillip Morris Asia, Aloha Airlines, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, Hawaiian airlines, and Sempra (a California energy company serving all of Southern California). Films and long format projects include; a documentary on aging (for PBS / Annenberg CPB), two consecutive years of trailers for the Hawaii International Film Festival, Music Videos for BET, MTV's AMP, and artists on the international lable Cleopatra,
Glacier (16mm, Sci-fi short film), Dances With the Long Bone (part of the "Tradewinds Series", a 30 min made for tv movie), a documentary for JuniRoa Productions on the life of U.S. Senator Dan K. Inouye filmed on location in Washington D.C. including interviews with Senior U.S. Senators at the U.S. Capitol (Including Warren Rudman, John McCain, George Mitchel, etc.), Ramshackle (a Sci-fi thriller short shot on Digital Video), "Top 10" an A&E special on the Hawaiian Islands, Ho'olawe Give and Take a feature film written by Lee Cataluna and directed by Michael Wurth (shot on HD to be transferred to 35mm for theatrical release. The first feature in Hawaii shot on HD to be transferred to film.)
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