Shane Davey

Shane served in the Royal Navy for 8 years, qualifying as a Radar Operator, Navigator's Yeoman and Ship's Diver. He was deployed to the first Gulf War, quickly followed by the conflict in Yugoslavia, and then 6 months in the Falkland Islands. Shane then served 18 months in a nuclear bunker in North London, then 2 years on an oceanographic survey vessel, during which time he also participated in a tri-service expedition to Nepal and the Himalayas. Shane was 24 years old when he left the Royal Navy. His first script had been short-listed by the Lloyds Bank/Channel 4 Film Competition. He then attended an A-Level in Film Studies at Salisbury College before taking the BA (Hons) Film & Animation Production course at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, specialising as a director. His graduation film, an adaptation of Milan Kundera's The Hitchhiking Game, was selected for international distribution by The British Council and it toured festivals around the world.