Overview

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 film students.

Award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Sean Gullette 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.

Gullette 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, Gullette 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. Gullette'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.) Gullette speaks fluent French and other languages.

Services

Book Ghostwriting

Book Proposal

Short-Form Content

Languages

English (UK)

Fiction

Action & Adventure

Cultural & Ethnic

Dystopian

Espionage

Literary Fiction

Mystery & Crime

Plays & Screenplays

Certifications

Harvard University, BA in Literature, 1991

Awards

Many film awards
2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival Nominated, Tiger Award
2014 Cyprus Film Days International Festival Nominated, Glocal Images Best Film Award for Traitors (2013)
2014 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Won, Spirit of the Independent Award Feature Film for Traitors (2013)
2014 Gijón International Film Festival Won, "Rellumes" Prize
2014 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, US Nominated, Best Feature Film
2013 Marrakech International Film Festival Nominated, Best Director Nominated, Golden Star Best Feature Film for Traitors (2013)
2013 Stockholm Film Festival Nominated, Bronze Horse Best Film for Traitors (2013)
2013 Venice Film Festival Nominated, Fedeora Award Best Film (Venice Days) for Traitors (2013) Won, Lina Mangiacapre Award - Special Mention
1999 Online Film & Television Association Nominated, OFTA Film Award Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Actor for Pi (1998) Nominated, OFTA Film Award Best Breakthrough Performance: Male for Pi (1998)

Screenwriter

Self-employed

January, 1998 – Present (about 25 years)

Sean is a 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 film students.

Traitors

Chaimae Ben Acha, Soufia Issami, Sean Gullette, Sean Gullette, Sean Gullette, Karim Debbagh, Karima Guennouni, Audrey Rosenberg

Pi

Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Samia Shoaib, Pamela Hart, Ajay Naidu, Joanne Gordon, Stephen Pearlman, Darren Aronofsky, Darren Aronofsky, Eric Watson