Ann Shin grew up on a mushroom farm in Langley, B.C. She now lives in Toronto and works as a filmmaker, writer, and radio producer. She directed two documentary films for the National Film Board of Canada: Western Eyes (2000) and Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World (2003). Shin also directed The Roswell Incident, winner of a Bronze Award at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, for History Television. Her film, Four Seasons: A Mosaic, was nominated for a 2006 Gemini for Best Performance documentary.