Shana writes intergenerational comedies about unorthodox women trying to find their place in the world. She is a Disney Writers Program Semifinalist and IWC member.
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Pilot Loglines
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Smut and Mothballs (1/2 hour comedy)
A prudish woman reluctantly reinvents herself as a steamy romance writer with the help of her grandmother and other retirees in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Platonic Spec (1/2 hour comedy)
As Sylvia struggles to balance wedding planning and being a good mother, Will coerces her into pranking Reggie.
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Social Insecurity (1/2 hour comedy)
After her insulin is stolen, a diabetic grandmother resorts to desperate tactics with the help of her neighbor and hindrance of her deadbeat granddaughter.
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The Rented Friend (1/2 hour comedy)
A queer people pleaser excels at her job as friend-for-hire but struggles to make genuine connections.
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Amelia Abroad (1/2 hour comedy)
After impulsively moving to Taiwan to teach English, a broke woman realizes she is woefully underprepared for adulting in a foreign country.
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The Celia Show (1/2 hour dramedy)
A shopping channel host deemed “too old” by her boss hires a cocky young influencer in a last-ditch attempt to save her career.
Short Films & Reels
I co-wrote and directed Rooms, a psychological thriller, as part of the 48-Hour Film Project.
I wrote and directed “Staying Inside,” a dark comedy short about a woman confronting her agoraphobia.
I directed the music video A Fat Cat and A Broken Heart.
Media
Shut Up I Love It podcast, Ep. 144
“Making Fiends (TV show) and Lo-Fi Animation with Shana Holmes”
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