Shane Morton

SHANE MORTON is the mad scientist behind the Silver Scream FX LAB. At the age of three Shane Morton saw King Kong (’33), and he has been a monster maker ever since. In over three decades as a professional in the film industry, and horror business, he has worked with favorites such as Henry Zebrowski, Panos Cosmatos, Dan Fogler, and Rob Zombie. He has designed and built horror attractions all over the country, the Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse being his biggest and best, and has designed and fabricated interactive art installations from New York City to Hollywood.You can see some of his favorite film work in the indie hits Bad Candy, Dear God No!, and Mandy (he is the creator of the infamous Cheddar Goblin), on television with Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks and Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, where he was the Art Director of Hell and head of the make-up department, in Sam and Mattie Make a Zombie Movie, and the Twitch phenomenon CLICK SPORT-2. Hit videos by musical acts as varied as Mastodon, Killer Mike, The Black Lips, Orville Peck and the S.H.A.K.E video for Ne-Yo and about 100 others he art directed. His commercial clients are varied but, he has made attractions for Six Flags, and art directed commercials for major corporations such as McDonalds, Zaxby’s, Mercedes Benz and LEGO. He is the producer, writer, director, and lead actor of The Silver Scream Spook Show, which has been scaring and entertaining Atlanta and national movie audiences for over 15 years. Shane’s most recent work can be seen in Adult Swim’s Yule Log on HBO directed by Casper Kelly, and the soon to be released independent film Purgatory directed by Matt Servitto.

Specializations
Practical effects, design and art direction, set design, fabrication, story board artist, parade float design, foam carving, sculpting, creature suit making, 3d painting, air brushing