Shana Levine

Producer

Shana Levine joined Instinct Entertainment as one of its directors and Business Affairs Manager in 1999 and has produced feature films including Charlie & Boots, Till Human Voices Wake Us, TORN and Strange Bedfellows. She is actively involved in the development of a number of film and television projects including Strange Bedfellows: A New Musical and Little Johnny the Movie.

Before joining Instinct, Shana practiced at a Melbourne based law firm, as an associate, specialising in entertainment law.  In this capacity, Shana was invited as a guest speaker for a variety of industry events and courses and represented many of Australia’s leading independent film and television producers, directors, distributors and financiers in a wide variety of projects.  Shana holds Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Law degrees from Monash University in Victoria, Australia and is currently a qualified corporate lawyer.

In addition, she has completed a number of courses including at AFTRS to further develop her creative skills including video production, directing for the screen and investigating performance with the Mike Leigh Method and became a qualified NLP practitioner in 2007.

While still at University, Shana was awarded a one-year scholarship to U.C.L.A, where she studied Entertainment Law and Management of the Hollywood Studio System with Peter Guber (then head of Columbia/Tri Star). She also interned in the publicity department of the 24 hour entertainment channel, E! Entertainment Television.