January 2012
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About Sean
Sean commenced his production career as an unpaid studio floor sweeper before working his way up to his first drama directing gig at Crawford Productions on their network-hit, genre-mashup, police-procedural, "Cop Shop".
Moving on to direct the now-iconic "Prisoner: Cell Block H" for Grundy Television (where he got his first screenplay credit) Sean has since written, produced or directed over 400 hours of internationally screened film and television drama.
Highlights of Sean’s career include eight of his screenplays being nominated for Australian Writers’ Guild Awards, with four of them winning their categories, and two of his screenplays being shortlisted for prestigious State Premier’s Literary Awards in New South Wales and Queensland.
Other career highlights include being the writer-director of an AFI-winning screenplay as well as creating, writing, producing and directing the pilot to a 1-hour drama series based around the Australian Customs Service for the 7 Network in Australia.
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God's Little Gag Action ⋄ Adventure ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Film-noir ⋄ Romance ⋄ Thriller Sexy young live-in Carer Mandy Francis unwittingly risks her life when she discovers a way of communicating with her quadriplegic patient Danny King who, unable to speak despite an incessant & blackly-comedic internal monologue, knows a secret that could destroy his obscenely rich and wildly dysfunctional family.
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Sins of Our Fathers Action ⋄ Adventure ⋄ Drama ⋄ Historical ⋄ War A Vietnam Vet, suddenly introduced by his Ex-Wife to the teenage Granddaughter she’s raised on her own and whom he’s never met, is forced to finally grow up when asked to talk the girl out of joining the military like her Grandad, and his Dad, and his Dad before him.
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SparkleArkle and the Quantum Solution Animation ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Fantasy SparkleArkle and her Fairy Pooch, BarkleArkle – along with the aid of the entire Arkle Family of Gnomes, Elves, Pixies and Fairies living in the Hospital Fairy Garden of Dreams and Wishes – help one of Mercy General’s youngest patients realize the power behind thoughts.
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Splat Cat Action ⋄ Animation ⋄ Comedy Shakespearian-trained Splat Cat is embarrassed to be playing second lead to KK Kool Kat, the Johnny Depp-esque hero of their action-adventure TV Western series “Cat Fight”, and each week secretly schemes with resident villian Hairy Hound to become the show’s Star.
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Inheritance Comedy ⋄ Crime ⋄ Drama ⋄ Film-noir ⋄ Romance ⋄ Thriller A 1-hour long-form Melodramedy. “The past we inherit from others – the future we inherit from ourselves.” Set on Miami's brash, glittering beachfront where blue collar cases walk in the same door as millionaires terrified of going to gaol, Inheritance is an M-rated series driven at relentless speed by the parallel story engines of police-procedural, law office intrigue, courtroom drama, and P.I. crime-caper combined in the sexy, exciting and dysfunctional-family traditions of Boston Legal, Burn Notice and The Good Wife.
Awards
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NSW Premier’s Literary Award - short-listed
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Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
(2009) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Winner
(2009) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
(2008) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Winner
(2008) -
QLD Premier’s Literary Award - short-listed
(2006) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
(2004) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee (2 nominations)
(1999) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Winner
(1999) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
(1998) -
AFI (Australian Film Institue) Award (Writer)
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Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
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Australian Writers’ Guild Award Nominee
(1996) -
Australian Writers’ Guild Award Winner
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AFI (Australian Film Institue) Award (Writer-Director)
(1996)
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