Shawn S
Creative Director
Newburgh, NY Member since September 2018
I am the owner and operator of Phanatiks Entertainment, LLC, a small Indie Newburgh, NY-based digital media and video production company. I started in music production, being a DJ like my father and older brother, into a hip-hop producer that evolved into video production while taking classes at SUNY Orange. I also had a love for drawing, which led to partial scholarships to St. John’s University for Fine Arts. After feeling music becoming too commercial, I turned entirely to video and filmmaking. The transition from music to video wasn’t a hard one, but a new love and passion. I was starting on a Canon HV30, a tape-based camcorder. From there, after doing loads of local music videos and commercials, I invested in better equipment, the trusty, and beloved Sony FS7. From there I re-developed Phanatiks Entertainment, which remains his passion and business today. I combine my talents and connections from the worlds of art, music, and digital film.