Born Sheldon Peter Aden, was born in Hamilton, New Zealand to Kiwi-born parents, Annette Reese & Peter Aden, moving shortly after his birth to the rural Waikato town of Te Aroha where he attended public schooling where he started acting for the local youth theater productions. At age 16 he started attending the "Future Te Aroha Center, a local youth center, where he was given the role of Cinematographer on a feature film produced by the center called 'One Day Soon' where he became familiar with using Red Scarlet-X Cameras and the art of Cinematographer under the watchful eye of accomplished Cinematographer Joe Hitchcock. Sheldon has no on-screen roles or appearances as of yet, Although he focuses on Directing, he has had several theater roles in local performances. Sheldon mostly performs skits on his YouTube channel, which contains special effects tests edited by himself as well as posting occasional video blogs to keep his followers up to date with what is going on. His videos are produced under his production company name 'Fern Bird Studio'.