Sean Mullin

Sean Mullin (born January 13, 1975), is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Early life

Mullin holds a B.S. from United States Military Academy at West Point and an MFA in film-making from Columbia University.^[1]

Prior to beginning his career as a film-maker, Mullin served as a U.S. Army Officer on active duty in Germany. He finished his service commitment as a Captain in the New York Army National Guard, where he worked as the Officer in Charge of the soldiers stationed at Ground Zero as a first responder to the attacks of September 11, 2001. While living in Manhattan, Mullin performed stand-up comedy regularly and studied improv at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.

Career

Several of Mullin's films have won awards.^[2] These include "Sadiq",^[3] "Man is a Bridge",^[4] and "The 14th Morning".^[5] They have also played at numerous film festivals around the world. His MFA thesis film "Sadiq" was a finalist for the "Student Filmmaker Award" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.^[6]

Mullin has been hired to write screenplays for Academy Award Nominated Director Henry-Alex Rubin (Murderball), as well as for singer Britney Spears.

In 2012, he produced the feature film "Allegiance",^[7] starring Seth Gabel, Pablo Schreiber, Bow Wow and Aidan Quinn.

His debut feature film as a writer/director Amira & Sam^[8] had its world premiere at the Seattle Int'l Film Festival in May 2014, where it received great reviews from a variety of sources—including the Hollywood Reporter.^[9] The film stars Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Paul Wesley, Laith Nakli and David Rasche.^[10]

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