Ken Shane


1st Assistant Director

Ken is a highly experienced 1st AD with over 30 years in features, high-end TV, and international productions, including The Last of Us 2, Arrow, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Big Sky. Having worked his way up through the ranks on films including Full Metal Jacket and Empire of the Sun - and as a Production Manager and Line Producer — he brings a deep understanding of set operations, scheduling, and multi-unit shoots. Known for his calm, solutions-focused approach under pressure, Ken has worked across Canada, the UK, Europe, the US, and beyond. Now based in the UK after 20 years in Vancouver, he is available worldwide.

The Last of Us Season 2

1st AD (2nd Unit)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

1st AD

Selected credits


date
production
director / production company
television:
2025
THE LAST OF US S2 (2nd Unit)
MŒns MŒnson / HBO
2024
LAID
Maurice Marable / Universal Television
2024
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Michael Goi, Rosanne Liang / Netflix
2023
SO HELP ME TODD
Various / CBS
2021
ONE OF US IS LYING (Pilot)
Jennifer Morrison / NBC, Universal
2021
CHESAPEAKE SHORES S2, S3 & S5
Various / Hallmark
2021
BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOUR
Gandja Monteiro, Jake Schreier / Eat the Cat, Netflix
2020
THE CHRISTMAS RING (TVM)
Troy Scott / Norland Productions for Hallmark
2020
CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS (TVM)
Linda-Lisa Hayter / Cranberry Road Productions
2020
BIG SKY
Various / Fox, Disney
2019
TITANS 2
Stephen Brocklehurst / Balagan Productions
2019
CHARMED
Various / CBS for CW
2019 -
ARROW S1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
Various / Warner Bros for CW
2016
A DECEMBER BRIDE (TVM)
David Winning / Hallmark for TVM
2015
RELUCTANT WITNESS (TVM)
Monika Mitchell / Independent
2011
PAST OBSESSIONS (TVM)
Raul Inglis / Shavick Entertainment
features:
2024
DEADLY INVITATIONS
Monika Mitchell / Invite Productions for Tubi
2023
DEADLY MIDWIFE
Monika Mitchell / Replaced Productions for Tubi
2021
ADVENTURES IN CHRISTMASING
Troy Scott / Viacom Productions for Hallmark
2014
WAY OF THE WICKED
Kevin Carraway / Independent
2013
RAPTURE - PALOOZA
Paul Middleditch / Lionsgate
2013
KILL FOR ME
Michael Greenspan / Sony
2012
THIS MEANS WAR (Splinter Unit)
McG / Twentieth Century Fox
2010
MARMADUKE (2nd Unit)
Greg Michael / Twentieth Century Fox
2010
SMOKIN' ACES: ASSASSINS' BALL
P.J. Pesce / Universal
2009
2012 (Underwater Unit)
Roland Emmerich / Columbia Pictures
2007
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM
Jeff Habberstad / Twentieth Century Fox
Other credits as 1st Assistant Director:
Inseparable, Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, The Andromeda Strain, Freestyle, Bionic Woman, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Vice, The Hard Corps, Fallen, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Sandlot 2, The Grid, Fortysomething, Benedict Arnold - A Question of Honour, Band of Brothers, The Breed, Last Run, Dog Eat Dog, Jason & The Argonauts, Randall & Hopkirk I, Cleopatra, Frenchman's Creek, B.U.S.T.E.D., McCallum 2, Wonderful You, Where the Heart Is 1, Kavanagh QC 3 & 4, Pie in the Sky I, When the Lies Run Out, Full Stretch, Life and Times of Henry Pratt, London's Burning 5 & 6, Alien 3, Inspector Morse 4 & 5, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.