Curren Sheldon is an Emmy-winning and Academy-Award nominated producer, filmmaker, and DP. 

About Curren:

I am an Academy-Award nominated and two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker, as well as an ASC-Award winning cinematographer, based in Elkins, West Virginia.

I have directed, produced, or shot a dozen films and series for outlets such as Netflix, HBO, NY Times, POV/PBS, and Frontline.

Email me: currensheldon@gmail.com

FILMOGRAPHY

“American Power” (in production) - DP
“Lasting Hope” (in production) - DP
“Kick” (2026) - DP
“Beat Down” (2025) - Director, DP
“Country Brawlers” (2024) - Director, DP
”King Coal” (2023, POV) - DP, co-Producer
”Best Clowns” (2022) - DP, Editor
”Keep This Between Us” (2022, Freeform) - DP
“Phoenix Rising” (2021, HBO) - DP
”Meet Salia” (2020, Sesame Street) - Co-Director, DP
“Coal’s Deadly Dust” (2019, Frontline) - DP
“Recovery Boys” (2018, Netflix) - Producer and DP
“Summer’s End” (2018, Music Video) - Co-Director, DP
“Heroin(e)” (2017, Netflix) - Producer and DP

AWARDS & HONORS:

2024 ASC Awards, Best Cinematography, Feature Documentary “King Coal”
2023 Cinema Eye Honor, Best Cinematography “King Coal”
2023 IDA Awards, Best Cinematography “King Coal”
2023 Camerimage Golden Frog Nominee “King Coal”
2020 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Short Format, Children’s Program “Meet Salia”
2020 News & Doc Emmy Nomination Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine: “Coal’s Deadly Dust”
2020 News & Doc Emmy Nomination Best Story In A Newsmagazine: “Coal’s Deadly Dust”
2019 CPDD/NIDA Media Award: “Heroin(e)”
2018 SAMSHA Voice Awards: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Academy Award Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Emmy Award: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Peabody Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2018 Cinema Eye Honor Nominee: “Heroin(e)”
2016 Threshold Foundation: “Recovery Boys”