Damian Shannon is an American screenwriter and film producer. Shannon works with Mark Smith and is known for their collaborative script-writing projects, particularly Freddy vs. Jason and, later, the 2009 reboot on Friday the 13th. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer, also producer
- 5 on Motif · 8 credits in all
What are Damian Shannon's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Damian Shannon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Damian Shannon's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 5 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Send Help(2026)
Motif score: 71st percentile of all films
Baywatch(2017)
Motif score: 24th percentile of all films
Seconds Apart(2011)
Motif score: 29th percentile of all films
Friday the 13th(2009)
Motif score: 27th percentile of all films
Freddy vs. Jason(2003)
Motif score: 38th percentile of all filmsBermuda (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Genies (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Magic (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 4 of them dated from 2003 to 2026.
How do Damian Shannon's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 34/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Damian Shannon's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 Motif titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Damian Shannon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Damian Shannon's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Swift shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Mark SwiftShared titles: Send Help (2026), Baywatch (2017), Seconds Apart (2011), Friday the 13th (2009), Freddy vs. Jason (2003)See all 5 shared titles with Mark Swift
- Victor MillerShared titles: Friday the 13th (2009), Freddy vs. Jason (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Victor Miller
Producers
- Sean S. CunninghamShared titles: Friday the 13th (2009), Freddy vs. Jason (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Sean S. Cunningham
