Shane Anderson
Shane Anderson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based out of Olympia, Washington. In addition to owning North Fork Studios, Shane also works as the director of storytelling for Pacific Rivers, a river conservation organization based in Portland, Oregon, Shane is a former professional downhill skier and his interest in film began in 1998. He worked in the film and television industry in Los Angeles for eight years before studying Fisheries Biology at Humboldt State where he decided to merge his love of the outdoors and conservation with visual storytelling.
In 20214, he completed his first feature documentary “Wild Reverence” and has since produced Behind the Emerald Curtain, A River’s Last Chance, Run Wild Run Free, and Chehalis: A Watershed Moment that have all aired on PBS stations across the country.
Shane is currently in production on a multi-year documentary about the Klamath River and upcoming dam removals. A film titled “The Lost Salmon,” about the plight of spring Chinook, and was on assignment in 2020, shooting for BBC’s natural history division.