Sean Ellis (born 1970) is a British film director, writer, producer and fashion photographer. He is best known for his films ''
Cashback'' (2004), ''
The Broken'' (2008), ''
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...
'' (2013), in the
Tagalog language
Tagalog (, ; ; ''Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. It ...
, and ''
Anthropoid'' (2016).
Career
In 2006, he was nominated for an
Academy Award
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in the category "Best Short Film, Live Action" for his film, ''
Cashback''. The feature film was produced more than a year after the original 2004 short film was completed. Following a decision in December 2005 to proceed with the feature, Ellis completed the expanded script in seven days. After getting commitments from his cast in March he secured financing and the film went into production in May. This schedule was exceedingly condensed by modern film making standards.
His next major film, ''
The Broken'', premiered on 18 January 2008 as part of the
2008 Sundance Film Festival.
[Sundance Film festival – 2008 Online Film Guide]
It also was the first choice in
Horrorfest 2009 and was part of the
Sitges Film Festival
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2008.
In 2011 he published the photography book ''
Kubrick the Dog'', which he began compiling as a way to deal with his dog's death from
canine lymphoma.
Ellis resides in London, England.
Awards
''Metro Manila'' picked up three trophies at the 2013 British Independent Film Awards, taking Best British Independent Film, Best Director for Sean Ellis,
and Best Achievement in Production.
Filmography
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Photographers from Sussex
British filmmakers
British film directors
British male screenwriters
British film producers
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