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Shawn S. Lealos

Senior Author

April, 2018
Shawn has a Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. He won multiple Gold Circle Awards and won a SPJ Award for feature writing.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), DCU, horror movies
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About Shawn S. Lealos

Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer, author, editor, and filmmaker based out of Edmond, Oklahoma by way of The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Writing and a minor in Film Studies. He has also been a professional film critic and a member of the OFCC film critics group in Oklahoma for over a decade.

Industry Focus

Shawn has worked for Screen Rant since 2018 in several roles. He started out as a list writer before moving on into a senior writer role. He is now working on the updates team, targeting everything he loves, from comic book movies to horror flicks to the best in genre television shows.

Favorite Media

Shawn is a proponant of physical media and has a DVD/Blu-ray collection that is closing in on 2,000 titles. His main obsession is anything involved with comic book adaptations. His favorites include anything from the MCU, including the Disney+ shows, as well as indie adaptations such as Locke & Key, Sandman, and classics like The Crow.

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