Sean just completed a nearly two year stint on Marvel’s Moon Knight as the VFX Supervisor, with nearly 2400 shots across 6 episodes.
Before the Marvel project, Sean had spent almost three years helping to bring the live action Mulan to the screen for Disney. His work was recognized last year with both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for best visual effects. As the VFX Supervisor, Sean was involved from initial pitch visual development through previs and filming throughout China and New Zealand. As part of this role, he led the drone plate unit photography in multiple locations in both countries.
While in early prep for Mulan, Sean also worked as a consulting VFX Supervisor for Disney’s Lady and the Tramp remake, helping to design key sequences with the director and formalizing an initial strategy for the complicated CG dog work needed.
Prior to these productions, Sean supervised the VFX for Lionsgate’s Power Rangers, working for 18 months in prep, previs, on-set, and post. In addition Sean contributed several weeks as an additional 2nd unit director (which gave him an opportunity to join the DGA).
Sean worked for nearly 20 years at various VFX houses including Digital Domain, Asylum, Method Studios, and Pixomondo prior to making the leap to the studio role with Power Rangers. While at Pixomondo, he supervised VFX work on Fantastic Four, A Good Day to Die Hard, Fast & Furious 6, as well as several episodes for Game of Thrones: Season 3. A Good Day to Die Hard saw Sean on set in Budapest for two months helping to plan and shoot the movie’s climactic ending. While at Pixomondo, he also collaborated with Justin Lin to help create the dramatic airplane sequence for the pilot episode of CBS’s series Scorpion. In 2012, while at Method Studios, Sean co-directed three long-form live-action spots for XBOX Kinect Star Wars titled “Duel” starring Chris Pratt, “Girly Vader” and “Xwing”- mixing HD footage from the original Star Wars with live action footage to recreate classic scenes with a modern twist.
Sean has contributed as VFX supervisor for numerous film and commercial projects including Let Me In, Captain America, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Purge, and The Amityville Horror. He was both the on-set VFX Supervisor and 2nd Unit Director for the feature A Nightmare on Elm Street. His commercial experience as a VFX Supervisor and on-set VFX Supervisor includes collaborating with some of the top directors in the industry, including David Fincher, Michael Mann, Mark Romanek, Noam Murro, and Tom Kuntz.
After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree from UCLA, Sean began in the industry by creating CAD-designed miniatures for The Fifth Element and Titanic at Digital Domain, before transitioning to their digital artist team.
In addition to his directing and on set supervision skills, Sean draws from his experience as a CG Supervisor for features such as Terminator: Salvation, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, The Day After Tomorrow, XXX, and Time Machine, having spent many years working in digital camerawork and FX.
In 2013, Sean directed an aerial unit in China, shooting locations all over the country for a WANDA ride film entitled “Hubei In the Air.” Between 2014 and 2015 he directed a 4 minute, stereo 4k, live action/CG commercial promoting one of Franco Dragone’s latest theatre shows for WANDA in China entitled the “Xi Show.”
