| Shane Dawson | |
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| General Information | |
| Full name: | Shane Lee Dawson |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Birth date: | July 19, 1988 (age 32) |
| Birth place: | Long Beach, California |
| Appearance | |
| Skin color: | White |
| Hair color: | Auburn |
| Eye color: | Green/Grey |
| Personal Information | |
| Occupation(s): | YouTuber |
| Relative(s): | Father Mother Jerid Yaw (brother) † Grandmother |
| Relationship: | Lisa Schwartz (Ex)
Garrett Watts (Briefly, Ex) |
| Friend(s): | Trisha Paytas, (Formerly)
Drew Monson, Morgan Adams, Andrew Siwicki (Camera Guy/Editor), Garrett Watts |
| Partner(s): | Ryland Adams |
| Appeared on / at: | 2005 |
| Latest appearance: | June 2020 |
Shane Lee Dawson (born Shane Lee Daniel Yaw, July 19, 1988)[1][2][3] Dawson is known for making conspiracy videos towards negative traits of other people, he is a controversial youtuber.
Dawson's career began when he and several friends would turn in videos instead of homework in high school. Dawson's first videos on Youtube were old assignments that he turned in during high school.[4][5]
In November 2009, he was featured on Attack of the Show![6] In 2010, Forbes magazine named him their 25th most famous web celebrity.[3]
Personal life[]
Dawson grew up in Long Beach, California, where he attended Lakewood High School.[7] Dawson has revealed in a video, that as a teenager he was over-weight and would get bullied a lot, as well as being beaten by his alcoholic father, who then abandoned the family. He has since lost 150 pounds. Shane currently has two dogs (Uno, and Honey) and one cat (Cheeto). He used to work in Jenny Craig, Inc. along with his mother and brother, but was fired after he uploaded a video of himself pole dancing in the building he worked in. His mother, brother and about 6 other coworkers who appeared in the video also got fired after the company saw the video.[8]
Shane Dawson currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[9]
Dawson has had two very public relationships.The first, with YouTuber Lisa Shwartz. This relationship started in 2011, and ended in 2015. About a year after that, he came out as bisexual, despite many gay rumors. In October of 2016, He confirmed that he is currently dating Clevver News' Ryland Adams. They've been together two years and counting, and have been engaged since 2019
YouTube channels[]
Shane Dawson posts new videos on his main channel, ShaneDawsonTV, every Saturday. He focuses on quality instead of quantity now as he makes his videoed better and better [10] Every Monday, posted on his second channel, he also has an "Ask Shane" weberies where he answers questions from his viewers. This series is similar to a previous web series, "Viewer Orgy Party", which currently only airs approximately once a month. His third YouTube channel, Shane, is where he posts unedited videos directly from his iPhone. He began using this channel in May, 2010. He has also begun a new series called "Shane and friends" on his main channel which he does once every month. This series includes him giving advice and talking as basically all his characters. Shane often collaborates with other YouTubers or appears in their videos, such as BrittaniLouiseTaylor, TheFineBros, JoeNationTV, Joey Graceffa, and ijustine.
In August 2010, he announced that he was going to write a TV pilot and post it on his main channel, featuring himself and his characters from previous videos, about him in high school.
SD High[]
On August 11, 2010, Dawson announced that he was in the making of a 30-minute pilot which he will call SD High. Previously, the funding he needed for the pilot was provided by digital media group Take180 after he helped them out with acting in their own videos.[11] The pilot is based on two previous videos which Dawson uploaded to his main channel recently.Template:When In his previous videos, the story centers around a teenage boy in school, and his interactions with the other characters. The pilot was due to be released towards the end of September 2010 on his main YouTube Channel, however Dawson later announced that he had been contacted by a television studio to produce the pilot for their TV channel(s).[12] According to Dawson, there is some uncertainty involving the pilot, however it may be a TV show in the future.[13] On March 26, 2011, Dawson uploaded a video to YouTube explaining to his audience that he's working with Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures, and some other YouTubers including TheFineBros and BrittaniLouiseTaylor to create the TV show.[14] The video contains an explanation from Dawson about what he's working on, and a 'mock trailer', made up of clips from previous episodes on his YouTube channel, for the show. The pilot is currently in production.
Awards and nominations[]
Shane Dawson has been nominated for various awards.[15] On August 9, 2010, Dawson won the award for Choice Web Star at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. Although the category was not featured at the awards show, Dawson stated in a video that he posted to YouTube the next day that "It was just great to be nominated and at the show itself". The nominees for that category included fellow YouTubers Justine Ezarik, Charles Trippy, Lucas Cruikshank, best known for his Fred character, and singer Greyson Chance.
| Year | Category | Award | Result |
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| 2010 | Best Vlogger | The Streamy Awards | Template:Won |
| 2010 | Choice Web Star | Teen Choice Awards | Template:Won |
| 2018 | Audience Choice Creator of the Year | The Streamy Awards | Template:Won |
| 2018 | Best Editing | The Streamy Awards | Template:Won |
| 2018 | Documentary or Investigative | The Streamy Awards | Template:Won |
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