---
name: "Shawn Rasmussen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shawn-rasmussen"
fi1m_id: "shawn-rasmussen"
imdb_id: "nm1726912"
tmdb_id: 133405
wikidata_id: "Q61947817"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:12:16.761451+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."
---

# Shawn Rasmussen

## Identity

Shawn Rasmussen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shawn-rasmussen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shawn-rasmussen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1726912
- **TMDB ID:** 133405
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61947817
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61947817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133405

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61947817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133405

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Crawl*](https://film.one/film/crawl.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Shawn Rasmussen is a screenwriter who often works with his brother Michael Rasmussen. Their credits include the screenplay for *The Ward* (2010), directed by John Carpenter, and the screenplay for *Crawl* (2019), directed by Alexandre Aja.

The brothers also co-directed and co-wrote *Dark Feed* (2013) and *The Inhabitants* (2015). They are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began collaborating on scripts after moving to Boston for corporate jobs.

*Sources: bostonglobe.com, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Crawl* (2019), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *NFT: Cursed Images* (2026), Thanks
- *The Unheard* (2023), Producer, Writer
- *The Tenant* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Crawl* (2019), Writer
- *Crawl* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)
- *The Inhabitants* (2015), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Dark Feed* (2013), Director, Writer
- *The Ward* (2010), Writer
- *Long Distance* (2005), Writer
- *Meet Jimmy*, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/shawn-rasmussen