Writer, Director,
Tolerator of Existence,
Thinker of Things

Born in Bolingbrook, IL–a Chicago suburb whose most popular pastime was leaving town–Sean had to invent worlds in his head and learn to critique the rest to entertain himself from the mundane maws of concrete suburbia. Graduating from a High School of over 3,500 (Bolingbrook, IL: 70th largest in the nation), Sean often found himself a lone voice in a crowd arguing for patience, empathy and the freedom to be weird. He did “cool” things like soccer, karate, and theater (in no particular order of coolness), and was one of those nerds who actually did all his homework.

To keep from going insane in a land where everything changes yet remains, one had to fashion a Schrodinger state of mind: acknowledging creeping doom while infantilizing its impact and learning to live anyway. Making light of the dark, if at least to normalize discussing its shades, are some of the most powerful tools art & storytelling wield.

Sean graduated from Columbia College Chicago and has forged through the LA trenches ever since on a quest to open minds, broaden empathy, and defy expectations with his writing. Recent successes include his animated pilot, BEYOND KNOTTY GROVE, placing as as Finalist in the 2022 Scriptation Showcase and a Quarter-Finalist in the 2021 Emerging Screenwriters – Genre Screenplay Competition, among others listed on the page “Humble Victories”.

Sean manages to feed this unfortunate writing habit by juggling assistant & coordinator work. He has coordinated on Emmy-winning shows like Netflix’s DARK CRYSTAL AGE OF RESISTANCE and Razzie-winning films like THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS for the Jim Henson Creature Shop, and has assisted with development at Animal Logic Entertainment.

In a broken and combative world, Sean hopes to contribute his sardonic wit to the living-void, using analytical dark humor as a vaccine-of-sorts against bad thoughts. Once you joke about something, it’s like developing emotional immunity, so rather than turn away in denial you can brazenly face the same issue as you laugh back in its face.

What Do?:

Has Done?:

Development Assistant & Office Coordinator at Animal Logic Entertainment
(Oct 2018 – Jan 2020)

• Scribed notes during development & finance meetings for distribution
• Orchestrated Development EVP & VP’s ever-shifting calendars, rolled calls
• Handled the ALE main phone line for entire office, stocked kitchen
• Coordinated repairs for two offices, three offsite properties and three company vehicles
• Processed approvals for invoices, contracts, expense reports, various legal documents

Production Coordinator at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop
(Jan 2017 – Oct 2018)

• Operated as central nervous system across multiple projects, departments, and locations to ensure efficiency
• Managed petty cash, AMEX reports, and budget trackers for all productions
• Contacted appropriate maintenance contractors to keep the shop functioning
• Photographed & catalogued metadata for each creature, costume and prop at each stage of development, from design to completion, and uploaded into Henson servers
• Edited various reels for pitches and assembly videos for walk-around costumes
• Created detailed commercial invoices for international Shipments
• Projects: Emmy-Winning DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (Netflix), THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (STX), Tony the Tiger (Kellogg’s), The Coca Cola Company

Production Assistant at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop
(July 2016 – Dec 2016)

• Executed material orders and procured various fabrics, chemicals & tools

Post Production Assistant at Sony Pictures TV, Post-Production
(July 2016 – Dec 2016)

• Processed approvals for payroll across over twenty shows & pilots
• Aided with wrap documents and maintained archives for completed shows, current and past – Distributed DVDs of new cuts & dailies around the Sony Lot to various executives

Reader & Judge at BlueCat Screenplay Competition
(Oct 2015 – Jan 2016)

• Read and graded feature & short scripts from all around the world
• Wrote constructive feedback to be sent back to the writer

Assistant to VP of Theatrical at Levity Entertainment Group Management
(April 2015 – Sept 2016)

• Rolled calls, coordinated meetings & conference calls
• Submitted clients to Breakdown Express, liaised with casting offices to tee up VP’s call
• Read scripts and reported on possible roles for clients

Development Intern at Blumhouse Productions
(August 2014 – Dec 2014)

• Swiftly provided coverage and analysis on scripts for potential development & production

Schooling

BFA in Cinematic Arts + Sciences from Columbia College Chicago