Sean is an Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker from the Bay Area. He began his career developing and directing commercials at Google Creative Lab. Since then, his work has
screened at globally renowned film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and TIFF. He is a former Sundance Ignite & TAAF fellow, 2x SFFILM Rainin Grant recipient, and 2023 Sundance Screenwriters & Directors Lab Fellow. In 2024, he was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist and received the Sundance Vanguard Award for Fiction.
His most recent short film, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma), premiered at SXSW 2023 where it won the Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award and was acquired by Disney+. It went on to screen at dozens of film festivals worldwide, earning top honors at AFI Fest & SIFF, and was nominated for an Academy Award®.
His feature directorial debut, Dìdi (弟弟), premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Cast, and was acquired by Focus Features for a global theatrical release. It was released in the summer of 2024 to critical acclaim. Sean was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film and the film was named a New York Times Critics Pick, nominated for 4 Independent Spirit Awards, and named one of the top ten independent films of 2024 by the National Board of Review.
Contact:
Film & TV: WME | Craig Kestel
Commercial: Park Pictures | Jackie Bisbee