Shaun S. Sanghani (born June 28, 1980) is an American film producer,

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and

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. He is the founder and president of SSS Entertainment and SSS Film Capital. He is best known as the producer of '' The Fallout'', '' The Last Full Measure,'' ''

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'', ''Alone Together'', and '' American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally''.

Early life and education

Sanghani was born in

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, on June 28, 1980, and raised in

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. In 1998, he moved to

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, to attend

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, from which he received a

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. In 2003, he earned an

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from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business. He later enrolled at the

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, from which he would earn a

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Career

In 2007, Sanghani founded film production company SSS Entertainment. Since the company’s inception, he has been credited as the producer of over 60 films, including ''

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'' (2017), '' The Last Full Measure'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2020). In 2018, ''

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'' magazine named Sanghani as one of its annual "10 Producers to Watch". In 2019, Sanghani partnered with

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-based Red River Bank to form SSS Film Capital, a film fund & financing unit of SSS Entertainment. Sanghani has stated that the unit, which includes a multimillion-dollar credit facility, was created in order to "grow our slate and move into bigger-budget fare with bigger talent". Following the premiere of

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Grand Jury Award winner

The Fallout (film) ''The Fallout'' is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Megan Park in her feature film directorial debut. It stars Jenna Ortega as Vada Cavell, a high school student who navigates significant emotional trauma following a school s ...

, SSS Entertainment announced the launch of The Syndicate, a sales arm focused on "accessible and recognizable" features, debuting with upcoming films Alone Together, starring and directed by

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, and Neil Labute’s House of Darkness. At the time, Sanghani commented on SSS Film Capital's success throughout the

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. In 2022, SSS Entertainment disclosed the beginning of ongoing talks with a group of U.S.

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firms.

Filmography

Film

Producer * ''

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'' (2013) * '' All Mistakes Buried'' (2015) (Also writer) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

Welcome to Willits ''Welcome to Willits'' (also known as ''Alien Hunter'') is a 2016 American science fiction comedy horror film directed by Trevor Ryan and starring Bill Sage, Sabina Gadecki, Anastasia Baranova, Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Dekker, Chris Zylka, Serge ...

'' (2016) * ''

'' (2017) * ''Blood Heist'' (2017) * ''Blood Ride'' (2017) * ''Blood Surf'' (2017) * ''Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars'' (2018) * ''Kill the Czar'' (2018) * '' The Escape of Prisoner 614'' (2018) * '' The Last Full Measure'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

10 Minutes Gone ''10 Minutes Gone'' is a 2019 crime thriller action film directed by Brian A. Miller. The film stars Bruce Willis and Michael Chiklis, and was released on September 27, 2019. Plot Expert bank robber Frank Sullivan (Michael Chiklis) never had a jo ...

'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2020) * ''

Survive the Night ''Survive the Night'' (formerly titled ''The Long Night'') is a 2020 American action thriller film directed by Matt Eskandari and starring Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis and Shea Buckner. The film was released in the United States on May 22 ...

'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2020) * '' Last Survivors'' (2021) * '' American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally'' (2021) * '' The Fallout'' (2021) * '' Gone in the Night'' (2022) * '' The Last Victim'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2022) * ''

Savage Salvation ''Savage Salvation'' is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Randall Emmett and starring Jack Huston, Robert De Niro, and John Malkovich. Cast * Jack Huston as Shelby John * Robert De Niro as Sheriff Mike Church * John Malkovich as Pete ...

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2022) * '' Alone Together'' (2022) * '' House of Darkness'' (2022) * '' The Good Mother'' (2023) * '' Blackwater Lane'' (2024) * '' Bad Man'' (2025) Executive producer * ''True Crime: The Movie'' (2012) * '' Jack Goes Home'' (2016) * '' The Vault'' (2017) * '' Welcome the Stranger'' (2018) * ''Brampton’s Own'' (2018) * ''River Runs Red'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' The Informer'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Bailey & Darla'' (2020) * '' I Used to Go Here'' (2020) * ''

Son of the South (film) ''Son of the South'' is a 2020 American biographical historical drama film, written and directed by Barry Alexander Brown. Based on Bob Zellner's autobiography, ''The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement'', Luc ...

'' (2020) * '' Midnight in the Switchgrass'' (2021) * ''

The Birthday Cake ''The Birthday Cake'' is a 2021 American crime thriller film directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos, from a screenplay by Diomedes Raul Bermudez, Shiloh Fernandez and Giannopoulos. It is the feature directorial debut for Giannopoulos, who previously direc ...

'' (2021) * ''

Catch the Fair One ''Catch the Fair One'' is a 2021 American thriller film written, directed, and produced by Josef Kubota Wladyka, based on a story by Wladyka and Kali Reis in her film debut. It stars Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery ...

'' (2021)

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanghani, Shaun 1980 births Living people American film producers American male screenwriters American screenwriters of Indian descent Tulane University alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni