---
name: "Shane Boris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shane-boris"
roles: ["Producer","Writer"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:50:46.031843+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Shane Boris

Producer and writer. Born 1 January 1981 in Littleton, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, Littleton, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83169282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3312530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018682

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fire of Love*](https://film.one/film/fire-of-love.md) (76)

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## Biography

Shane Boris is an American film producer and writer. Born in 1981 in Littleton, Colorado, he studied at Oberlin College and Jawaharlal Nehru University before entering documentary filmmaking. He is the founder of the production company Cottage M.

Boris has produced several acclaimed documentaries, including *The Edge of Democracy* (2019), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and *Navalny* (2022), which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. He also wrote and produced *Fire of Love* (2022), earning further Oscar and BAFTA nominations, and produced *The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist* (2026). His other credits include *All These Sleepless Nights* (2016) and *King Coal* (2023).

He has received multiple honours, including a BAFTA and an Emmy nomination, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, archives.boulderweekly.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fire of Love* (2022), Fi1m 76, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/fire-of-love.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist* (2026), Producer

## Also known for

- *The Edge of Democracy* (2019), Producer
- *Navalny* (2022), Producer
- *All These Sleepless Nights* (2016), Associate Producer

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