Sheldon Renan (born 1941) is an American writer and filmmaker. His first book, An Introduction to the American Underground Film, was published in America by Dutton in 1967. In England, it was printed by Studio Vista (1968) as The Underground film. An introduction to its development in America. It was the first book about underground film. He is a graduate of Yale University and a Rockefeller Grant recipient.[1][2]