Sean Hood
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| Born | August 13, 1966 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | Micki Stern |
Sean Hood (born August 13, 1966) is an American screenwriter best known for horror films, and more recently, action/thrillers.[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Hood graduated from Brown University, with a double major in pure mathematics and studio art, and then spent several years working in Hollywood as a set dresser, prop assistant and art director working with filmmakers as diverse as James Cameron, David Fincher and David Lynch. He continued his studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 1997 with an MFA in production. His student short film, “The Shy and the Naked” won a grant from the Sloan Foundation for the positive portrayal of science.[2]
[edit] Screenwriting career
Hood sold his first spec screenplay to MTV Films in 2000, and went on to sign a deal with Dimension Films,[3] which included rewrites on Halloween: Resurrection and Cursed. He is currently writing action films including Hercules and Conan the Barbarian for producer Avi Lerner,[4] and a science fiction film, Subterranean, with director Marcus Nispel.[5] He also wrote the episode "Echoes (Fear Itself)" for NBC's Fear Itself and the screenplay for the thriller The Haunting in New York.[6][7]
Hood teaches screenwriting at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
[edit] Directing career
He was one of the founding members of Filmmakers Alliance and often collaborates creatively with FA's president, Jacques Thelemaque.[8] His most recent short film is Melancholy Baby.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Conan the Barbarian (writer)
- "Melancholy Baby" (2008) (short film) (writer/director)
- Fear Itself (2008) (episode 1.10 "Echoes") (written by)
- Nellie Bly (in development) (written by)[9]
- The Breathtaker (in development) (written by)[10]
- Masters of Horror (2006) (episode 1.10 "Sick Girl") (written by)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) (screenplay by)
- Cursed (2005) (uncredited rewrite)[11]
- Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) (screenplay by) (story by)
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002) (screenplay by)
- The Shy and the Naked (1998) (short film) (writer/director)
[edit] References
- ^ Sean Hood Rewriting Conan (2006) Comingsoon.net Retrieved June 8, 2010
- ^ indieWIRE (1998) indieWIRE Retrieved April 6, 2006
- ^ Variety (2001) [1] Retrieved October 21, 2010
- ^ Variety (2007) Variety Retrieved June 26, 2009
- ^ Genre Hacks (2009) Genre Hacks Retrieved June 26, 2009
- ^ "Sean Hood Brings Us The Haunting in New York". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37974/sean-hood-brings-us-the-haunting-new-york.
- ^ True Stories: Part Three: The Haunting in New York
- ^ Genre Hacks: By Sean Hood
- ^ LaPorte, Nicole (August 10, 2005). "Scribe set to captain 'Bly'". Variety, p. 5.
- ^ Kit, Borys (August 16, 2004). "Hood storms into 'Breathtaker' pic". The Hollywood Reporter, p. 6.
- ^ Hollywood.com (2006) Hollywood.com Retrieved April 6, 2006
[edit] External links
- Sean Hood at the Internet Movie Database
