Frederick is an award-winning film editor based in New York City. He won Best Editing at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for his work on the feature documentary When Lambs Become Lions. His feature work also includes The Birth of Sake, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on PBS POV in 2016; From This Day Forward, which premiered at the 2015 Full Frame Film Festival and aired on PBS POV in 2016; The Search for General Tso, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival; and The City Dark, which premiered at SXSW in 2011 and was nominated for an Emmy in 2013. Frederick also has extensive TV experience, which includes work on the Netflix Original Series Salt Fat Acid Heat, the National Geographic Original Series Year Million, the CNN Original Series Death Row Stories, the A&E Original Series The Killing Season, and the Netflix Original Series Cooked, which premiered at Berlinale in 2016. He graduated from the Boston University College of Communication, magna cum laude, with a B.S. in Film and Television.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Editor, also producer and writer
- 19 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Known for
What are Frederick Shanahan's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 8 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous10
- Cyclical2
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 Frederick Shanahan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Curiosity Stream
Subscription and free streaming for Frederick Shanahan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits 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
22 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.
Sumo: Spirit weighs nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Happy and You Know It(2025)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Deep End(2022)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
The Line(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Murder on Middle Beach(2020)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Narrowsburg(2019)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Emoji Story(2019)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
When Lambs Become Lions(2018)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Salt Fat Acid Heat(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Year Million(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Cooked(2016)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Birth of Sake(2015)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
From This Day Forward(2015)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Alex & Ali(2014)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
World Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The City Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 2012 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Search for General Tso (2014)
Highest rated
The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)
Most popular right now
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Frederick Shanahan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; 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 Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove 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.
Who does Frederick Shanahan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Frederick Shanahan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Perello shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Ian CheneyShared titles: The Emoji Story (2019), From This Day Forward (2015), The Search for General Tso (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Ian Cheney
- Martha ShaneShared titles: Narrowsburg (2019), The Emoji Story (2019), From This Day Forward (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Martha Shane
- Matthew HamachekShared titles: The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Hamachek
- Jeff ZimbalistShared titles: Super League: The War for Football (2023), The Line (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Zimbalist
Composers and editors
- H. Scott SalinasShared titles: The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with H. Scott Salinas
- Monica YuenShared titles: The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Monica Yuen
- Nicholas BiagettiShared titles: The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Biagetti
- Dan DuranShared titles: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), The Deep End (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Duran
Producers
- Richard PerelloShared titles: The Line (2021), Murder on Middle Beach (2020), Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018), Cooked (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Perello
- Stacey OffmanShared titles: The Line (2021), Murder on Middle Beach (2020), Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018), Cooked (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Stacey Offman
- Jonna McLaughlinShared titles: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), The Deep End (2022), Amend: The Fight for America (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Jonna McLaughlin
- Tom YellinShared titles: The Deep End (2022), Amend: The Fight for America (2021), When Lambs Become Lions (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Yellin
Mixed roles
- Greg O'TooleShared titles: Super League: The War for Football (2023), The Line (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Greg O'Toole