Dubbed by the press "San Francisco’s Gore Gore Girl," Shannon Lark is a progressive professional scream queen and the CEO of The Chainsaw Mafia networking circuit and horror production company.

At the tender age of four, Lark attended a gruesome ballet rendition of "Romeo and Juliet." When it was time for the star-crossed lovers to die, gigantic red streamers burst out of their chests and exploded hundreds of feet into the air. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever witnessed and was her very first association with blood and the act of death. From that moment, she has been obsessed with the horror genre, not only in film, but in theater, dance, and photography.

A self-taught artist, Lark picked up how-to books and followed crew members around relentlessly on films she starred in, asking questions on what to do/not to do when making her own movies. Thus, thechainsawmafia.com was born, a networking system she wished she’d had when first diving into the world of horror.

Not only does she direct, produce, write, and star in horror films, but she is also manager, gore wrangler, and dancer for The Living Dead Girlz, a zombie dance troupe based in San Francisco.

Lark writes a column called The Master of Disaster for Pretty-Scary , a website created by female industry professionals for the women in horror. She throws annual short horror film festivals, and spearheaded Viscera , a collection and festival of horror art made completely by women.

Click HERE for Shannon’s resume as an Adobe Acrobat PDF.