Sean Durkin Net Worth
Sean Durkin Net Worth is
$600,000
Sean Durkin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is an American film director. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Martha Marcy May Marlene. His short film, Mary Last Seen, on the same theme as Martha, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. In 2013 Durkin directed the Channel 4 drama series Southcliffe starring Sean Harris and Rory Kinnear. Date Of Birth | 1981-12-09 |
Profession | Producer, Director, Writer |
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1 | A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her. |
2 | In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension. |
3 | You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy. |
4 | The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time. |
5 | When I hire actors I believe in their abilities. |
6 | When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal. |
7 | You can't write something to please someone. |
8 | What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship. |
9 | I would like to do a sports movie. |
10 | I'm a believer in film school. |
11 | The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. |
12 | It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts. |
13 | I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things. |
14 | Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with. |
15 | I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest. |
16 | Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves. |
17 | When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people. |
18 | When someone stays with you and they're not your guest, even when they are your guest they get on your nerves. When people visit for long periods of time, that just happens. |
19 | I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident. |
20 | I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat. |
21 | Filmmaking is a real craft. |
22 | Yeah, in my scripts, I don't tend to describe landscape too clearly because I like to keep it really basic and sort of let people paint their own picture. I don't find it helpful to spend a page describing a setting, except for maybe a few key things. |
23 | I went to my first college to play soccer. |
24 | When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult. |
25 | I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life. |
26 | When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared. |
27 | I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully. |
28 | I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid. |
29 | I think as a child I was really afraid of groups that conformed. Cults were really an example of that. I'm attracted to fear. I'm attracted to movies that scare you. I knew I would just end up working in that realm. |
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1 | Born in Canada, moved to the UK with his family shortly after his birth. They subsequently moved to New York City when he was 12. |
2 | Is a graduate of New York University. |
3 | Lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Piercing | 2018 | executive producer post-production | |
Katie Says Goodbye | 2016 | executive producer | |
Christine | 2016/I | executive producer | |
The Eyes of My Mother | 2016 | executive producer | |
James White | 2015 | producer | |
Tzniut | 2014 | Short executive producer | |
1009 | 2013 | Short producer | |
Untitled Josh Mond Short | 2013 | Short producer | |
Karaoke! | 2013 | Short executive producer | |
Simon Killer | 2012 | producer - as T. Sean Durkin | |
Two Gates of Sleep | 2010 | executive producer - as T. Sean Durkin | |
Kids in Love | 2010 | Short producer | |
Afterschool | 2008 | producer | |
A Long Way Home | 2008 | Short producer - as T. Sean Durkin | |
The Last 15 | 2007 | Short producer |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Janis | pre-production | ||
Southcliffe | 2013 | TV Mini-Series 4 episodes | |
Martha Marcy May Marlene | 2011 | ||
Mary Last Seen | 2010 | Short as T. Sean Durkin | |
Doris | 2006 | Short as T. Sean Durkin |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Direct Effect | 2011 | TV Series | |
Bristol Boys | 2006 | Bar Drunk 2 (as T. Sean Durkin) |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Martha Marcy May Marlene | 2011 | written by | |
Mary Last Seen | 2010 | Short as T. Sean Durkin |
Cinematographer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Last 15 | 2007 | Short director of photography | |
Buy It Now | 2005 | Short as T. Sean Durkin |
Editor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mary Last Seen | 2010 | Short as T. Sean Durkin | |
Doris | 2006 | Short as T. Sean Durkin |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Crutch | 2004 | production assistant - as T. Sean Durkin |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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In Our Nature | 2012 | thanks | |
Arkadya | 2012 | Short special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Cinema 3 | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Días de cine | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Rencontres de cinéma | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Made in Hollywood | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
55th BFI London Film Festival | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2013 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best First Feature | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best First Feature | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | New Generation Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | |
2011 | OFCC Award | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | Best First Film | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Directing Award | Sundance Film Festival | Dramatic | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best New Filmmaker | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Prix Regards Jeune | Cannes Film Festival | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | |
2011 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Most Promising Filmmaker | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2010 | SFR Prize | Cannes Film Festival | Mary Last Seen (2010) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | James White (2015) |
2015 | Audience Award | Gotham Awards | James White (2015) | |
2014 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Mini-Series | Southcliffe (2013) |
2013 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Original Screenplay | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best First Screenplay | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Film Artist | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2012 | Politiken's Audience Award | CPH PIX | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | |
2011 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Breakthrough Behind the Camera | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Bronze Horse | Stockholm Film Festival | Best Film | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Grand Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | Dramatic | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best First Feature | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Un Certain Regard Award | Cannes Film Festival | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | |
2011 | Golden Camera | Cannes Film Festival | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | |
2011 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Director | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Writing, Screenplay - Original/Adapted | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Grand Prix | Ghent International Film Festival | Best Film | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2011 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Director | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Afterschool (2008) |
2008 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You | Afterschool (2008) |
2nd Place Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2011 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best First Film | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |