Ethan SHAFTEL
Ethan’s work bridges cinema, interactive design, and immersive media. His VR work has premiered at Venice, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, Annecy, Kaohsiung and many others.
Ethan also designed and directed a room-scale experience for Red Bull, was part of the directing team on AMC’s experience for THE WALKING DEAD, as well as a live-action voice-activated VR format created for Moth+Flame and Accenture’s Technology Lab.
Before VR, Ethan created dozens of film and interactive projects including a room-sized 3D video installation for Nike, animated parade floats for Disneyland Tokyo, trivia games for Hasbro and Fox, and music videos and tour content for artists such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Jay Z.
Ethan is forever grateful that VR comedy takes him to the world’s most engaging film festivals and gives him the opportunity to direct comedy legends such as Henry Winkler, Rob Riggle, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Paul F. Tompkins, Paul Scheer, and more.