
Sean Dillon (1987) Los Angeles-based writer and director;
Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of La Verne
MFA in Directing, Purdue University
former work: Television development, Buena Vista Films, a division of the Walt Disney Company
former work: Feature Film Publicity, Universal Studios
Pictures of Sean while he was a student at ULV.
email: seandillon (at) biscuits-and-gravy (dot) com
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Sean Dillon (1987) (pictured below with Anne Edkins (1987) on their wedding day, September 6,
1998, which took place at the zoo in Santa Barbara) finished his MFA in Directing at Purdue University in Indiana and worked for several years as a film publicist for Universal Film as well as directing independent projects (see photos below). He directed Tom Griffin's EINSTEIN AND THE POLAR BEAR which opened in April 2001. Prior to his degree at Purdue, he worked with Barry Morrow Productions on the TV movies Darrow (Assistant Producer) and Christmas on Division Street as well as teaching theatre history and screenwriting for several years at ULV. As of 2006, Sean is back at ULV teaching playwriting and screenwriting. 2004 saw him forming Biscuits & Gravy Productions with some theatre colleagues. in 2005 he completed his first feature film with Biscuits & Gravy, producing and directing Death Valley, which is currently seeking distribution.
Death Valley, production photos
Above, Curtis Krick and Sean Dillon. Right, Curtis, Sean and Jason Kehler discuss a shot.
Gerritt VanderMeer stars in Dramatis Personae, "A one-man show that I wrote and directed with Curtis Krick. It's styles include Greek tragedy, Jacobean revenge play, commedia dell'arte, 19th century Russian, and contemporary American. Gerritt plays seven characters in one hour, and shifts scenery and operates all of his own sound and light cues, too!" A moment from I Had to Break My Neck to Get Here starring Nancy Becker Kennedy, an actress, activist and comic. Adapted for the stage from Nancy's diaries, the one-woman show is told with humor, but deals with everything from self-image issues to quadriplegia and battling breast cancer. A moment from Keely and Du by Jane Martin. Starring Cheri Johnson and Kristine Holtvedt, this is a tense play about human issues set against the abortion controversy.
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