Sean Gullette – Ghostwriter

Sean is an award-winning screenwriter who has worked with directors including Darren Aronofsky, Olivier Megaton and Tom Donahue, and producers including Sarah Green, Audrey Rosenberg, Lisa Wolofsky, Pierre Even, and Alexandra Milchan.

He has adapted numerous books to screenplay form, including LAND OF THE LIVING by Nicci French and NIP THE BUDS SHOOT THE KIDS by Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe. He has written for and with Hollywood producers, mafia members, entrepreneurs, and first-time writers.

Award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Sean first first won international recognition when he co-wrote and played the lead role in PI, directed by longtime collaborator Darren Aronofsky.

Since PI, Sean played principal and supporting roles in some twenty films (including Arnold in Requiem for a Dream) and series.

His first feature film as writer-director, Traitors, made its world premiere at the Venice film festival, where it won a Special Mention, and screened in competition at Stockholm, Marrakech, Dubai, Tribeca and the Gijon Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.

He is a screenwriter who has worked with directors including Darren Aronosky, Olivier Megaton and Tom Donahue, and producers including Sarah Green, Audrey Rosenberg, and Alexandra Milchan.

Sean is in development on Upland, from his script based on the novel by Kenzaburo Oe. The announced cast will include Forrest Goodluck and Paul Sparks.

Also on his writer-director slate is Tangier, a "dark sexy thriller series" formerly cast with Kristin Scott Thomas and Jeremy Irons.

He directed the episodes "Manson Girls" and "Generation Woodstock," for the ABC-TV series '1969' and has written and directed TV commercials, TV and web content for ABC-TV, MTV, VH1 and Viacom.

Outside of film, Sean lives in New York and part time in Tangier, where he founded The 212 Society, a US non-profit which supports cultural and educational projects in Morocco. Sean's essays, journalism and fiction have been published in magazines including The Face, Spy, Slate, Bidoun, Brill's Content, Gear, Entertainment Weekly, Nejma, and KGB magazine (which he founded as editor and publisher in 1991.) Sean speaks fluent French and other languages.