Shame marks Ms. Warren’s fourth time directing, and her first time directing another person’s script. Ms. Warren feels honored and truly blessed to have been entrusted with Ashna’s story. Ms. Warren has received many acolades for her past projects and was proud to co- produce a short film that garnered the coveted Hollywood Shorts Film Festival nomination for best short film in 2012. She was also honored with Best Action / Thrill at the LLAFF in July for 2012. Ms. Warren is also an established producer and actress, co-producing two award winning short films and appearing as a recurring in HBO’s Carnival, as well as guest starring in Showtime’s Masters of Sex. Ms. Warren can also be seen in the Academy Award nominated film by Clint Eastwood, The Changeling.

Ashna Sharan is an actor-screenwriter-producer. In the pandemic, she produced her own quarantine web series that won in competitions. Gravitating towards making message-driven films, sexual assault and suicide are topics that are particularly personal to her. She wants to raise awareness of the correlation and use the film to speak at universities to spark important dialogue with students.