Interview with sean cunningham friday the th director. Some of her honors include shoots new directors and showcases evolution showcase award. Category page cunningham the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Graphic design, digital art, web and mobile development, user interface and user experience design, ui ux sean cunningham bcit d3 2019. Cunningham meets craven and decided to make a comedyromance film. Cunningham, filling in for various behind the scenes roles on films such as the last house on the left and friday the th. American express small business chickfila breakfast rut agency. Cunningham is known for creating the friday the th. He married and had children with film editor and art director susan e. He is best known for directing and producing several. Previously cities included concord ca, hayward ca and vacaville ca. He received a young director award nomination at cannes lions for his comedic. Seans career has focused on leading companies through transformation, first as a technology leader, then as cofounder of a growing management consulting firm.
Cunningham and father of chelsea and noel cunningham. Originally from new york, cunningham had a vast knowledge of directing films and came to hollywood. Cunningham is best known as the creator and driving force behind the friday the th franchise. Cunningham is an american filmmaker, producer, director, and.
With deep ad agency experience as a seniorlevel strategic advisor to marketers on all media formats, sean is passionate about championing marketers in their quest to maximize outcomes, solve business challenges, build highvalue brands and drive. Oxygen network one of my first jobs at mullen was building these ads working with group creative directors at the time. Cunningham cocreated the friday the th series of horror films, producing a number of entries and directing two of the films. Cunningham was asked about the next film taking place during winter and also the rumors of it being a foundfootage film. Right now sean is a principal at sean alan cunningham. He began work in the film industry as a recurring collaborator of producerdirector sean s. Long story short, new friday the thjason movies will likely not be made until a deal is reached. In the early 1970s, friday the th directorproducer sean cunningham quit his jobas a theater directorstage manager to make movies, starting off with two softcore pornos, the art of marriage and together starring a pre behind the green door marilyn chambers. Sean cunningham directed, produced and conceived the story for the. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover seans. Sean cunninghams birthday is 12281966 and is 53 years old. Cunningham was bornon december 01, 1941 in new york city, new york, united states, is producer, writer, director. Cunningham was born in new york city, new york, usa on wednesday, december 31, 1941 silent generation.
Cunningham is a capricorn and was born in the year of the serpent life. Sean cunningham sean cunningham urban fantasy author. Sean cunningham is remaking 1986 horror film house dread. He and wes craven made the comedyromance together in 1971. Seans work has been featured at film festivals worldwide, were he won a votd award and received a nomination for young director award at cannes. Original paintings from houston area artist sean cunningham. When a demon approaches her with a deal, he offers her the one thing she wont say no to. After xcu, cunningham only directed a single tv movie terminal. In the past, sean has also been known as sean a cunnigham, sean a cunning, sean a cunningam and sean a cunningham. I worked as a production associate and field producer. Cunningham fictupedia wiki fandom powered by wikia. No score yet, terminal invasion, director producer, 2002.
After completing his education, he worked as a manager for various theater companies, including new york citys lincoln center and the oregon shakespeare festival. Sean sexton cunningham is an american filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. Ironbound films is an award winning documentary and new media production company. If a horror movie was released in the 80s and it hasnt yet been remade, then its either completely irrelevant or someone just hasnt. After completing his education, he worked as a manager for various. After graduation sean fooled around at the local community college, taking art and rtv classes.
Sean cunningham is remaking 1986 horror film house. Cunningham meets craven and decided to make a comedyromance film called. He began directing and producing many horror films in the early 1970s. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s. Directorproducer sean cunningham began his film career making softcore porn, and gave wes craven his big break. He received a young director award nomination at cannes lions for his comedic rolo spot, office hottie. In high school he started teaching himself cgi techniques and turned pro before graduation, thanks to the gift of the amazingly lowcost but powerful amiga. He is best known for creating the friday the th franchise by directing the first movie 1980 and creating the slasher icon jason voorhees references. His threeminute short film, this is when we met, shot on zero budget with a. Sean cunningham a, 53 winters, ca has court or arrest. Interview with sean cunningham, director of the friday the th franchise in october i was honored to be part of the san pedro international film festival, where i got to walk and work the red carpet, see some amazing new indie films, support those filmmakers, and celebrate the industry.
Sean cunningham is managing director of onyva, a seattle private equity firm that helps companies overcome the challenges that keep them from operating at their full potential. British director chris cunningham has drawn acclaim for groundbreaking music videos for the likes of autechre, aphex twin, squarepusher, bjork, and portishead, his awardwinning commercials, and his risky short films. His directorial debut was the latter films first sequel, and he directed the third entry less than a year later. Join facebook to connect with sean cunningham and others you may know. Cunningham is an american film producer, director and founder of sean s. Asking sean cunningham about him supposedly telling adam marcus to do something about the damn hockey mask in jason goes to hell. Like william girdler, oliver hellman or even ed wood, sean s. Wikidata image sean sexton cunningham born december 1941 is an american filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. Sean sexton cunningham born december 1941 is an american filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. Friday the th legal battle rages on as sean cunninghams. Sean sexton cunningham is an american film director, producer, and writer. Cunningham talks friday the th tv series and new movie.
Hd commercial shootingediting on corporate commercials and documentaries, producing, directing. Sean was born in 1940s, in the middle of silent generation. The work of director chris cunningham is the second release in palms directors label series. In the early 1970s, friday the th directorproducer sean cunningham quit his job as a theater directorstage manager to make movies, starting off with two softcore pornos, the art of marriage and together starring a prebehind the green door marilyn chambers. The film listed five directors, notably the great john huston the maltese falcon, with a sixth uncredited. Sean grew up mostly in little towns in west and south texas, the son of a baptist preacher. Sean cunningham leads vab, marketers foremost industry source for insightsdriven video research, intelligence and thought leadership in the u.
Young director award nomination at cannes lions and over 2m views on youtube. I assisted with all aspects of production from pre to post. Interview with sean cunningham, director of the friday the. Cunningham had a successful career of starting films cheap and fast. Sean sexton cunningham born december 1941 is an american movie director, producer, and writer. Sean cunningham writerdirector freelance writer and. Sean sexton cunningham born december 1, 1941 is an american film director, producer, and writer. View sean cunninghams profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Sean cunningham i dont feel like i gave birth to jesus. And through all this flemings book became increasingly forgotten, to the point when the trailer was released the film was said to be suggested by the novel, as opposed to based on it. Sean cunningham national sales director covermymeds. Cunningham celebrity profile check out the latest sean s. Slasher film supernatural horror teen movie haunted house film horror comedy scifi horror. Cunningham graduated from franklin and marshall college and studied.
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