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10 Facts About Shana Feste

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Shana Feste was born on August 28,1975 and is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Shana Feste has directed and written The Greatest, Country Strong, Endless Love, Boundaries, Run Sweetheart Run, and has writing credits for You're Not You.

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Shana Feste earned a master's degree in Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin and then studied Producing at the American Film Institute, from where she graduated in 2003.

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Shana Feste worked as a nanny, waited tables and tutored to pay for her tuition.

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Also in 2009, Shana Feste was hired to write a screenplay based on the novel You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen.

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In May 2011, Shana Feste was announced to direct an adaptation of Carolyn Turgeon's novel Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale.

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Shana Feste directed the romance film Endless Love, a remake of the 1981 film.

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Shana Feste next directed Boundaries starring Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer for Stage 6 Films, to be released on June 22,2018.

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Shana Feste wrote and directed the horror film Run Sweetheart Run, which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival.

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The podcast was picked up by Amazon for a streaming series adaptation with Shana Feste returning to direct and co-write with Jen Besser again.