Sean Michael Becker (born February 17, 1981) is an American film director, film producer and editor who is best known for directing
Felicia Day's web series, ''
The Guild''.
Education
Becker attended
San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...
1999-2003 originally as a Business Marketing Major, but eventually graduated in 2003 with a BA in TV/Radio/Film and a Minor in Theater Arts. Upon graduation, Becker received the SJSU Emerson "DOC" Arends Award For Excellence in Directing for the Screen.
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Career
2004 - Directed video segments for the Seriously Unusual Television Network (S.U.T.N.) which was a Saturday night sketch show that aired on the UPN
The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which prod ...
network.
2005 - Becker received a nomination and a win for a Northern California Regional Emmy Award in the category of "Entertainment Segment" for the short film "Parallel/Parallel".[Northern California Regional Emmy Award in the category of "Entertainment Segment" for the short film "Parallel/Parallel"](_blank)
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2005 - Becker and producing partner Payman Benz combine all of their individual projects under the company AWKWARD PICTURES. They continue to produce joint projects under the company.
2006 - "The Long Walk Home" (written and directed by Sean Becker) wins Best Comedy at the RadioAlice Film Festival in San Francisco, California. It originally premiered earlier that year during the San Diego Comic-Con International Film Festival.
2006 - "Tuesday", (written and directed by Payman Benz and Sean Becker) wins "Best Narrative Short" as part of the Moving Pictures Magazine Short Film Contest. The award was given at an event during the Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
.
2007 - "Tuesday" wins "Best in Fest" at the 2007 Wizard World Film Festival in Los Angeles.
2007 - Awkward Pictures wins the 1st YouTube Sketchies Contest, sponsored by Sierra Mist, where they faced off against over 5,000 other entrants.
2009 - Becker is nominated for two Streamy Awards, one in the category of editing and another in the category of comedy directing for his work on "The Guild".
2010 - Becker is nominated and wins a Streamy Award in the category of comedy directing for his work on "The Guild"
2011 - "The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour" is named best Episodic Comedy Webseries of 2010 by Clicker.com
Credits
Webseries Credits (Directing)
*Comedy Gumbo (with Payment Benz)
*The Guild
*The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
*My Gimpy Life
*Sound Advice
Team Unicorn Videos (Directing)
*2010 - A Very Zombie Holiday
*2011 - Super Harmony
Comics
*2010 - Wrote the introduction for "The Guild" graphic novel (Collecting The Guild #1-3) for Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...
.
*2011 - co-wrote(with Felicia Day) "The Guild: Bladezz" one shot comic book for Dark Horse Comics.
Representation
*New Wave Entertainment - Management
*United Talent Agency - Agency
Organization membership
Becker is a inaugural member (2009) of International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV).
References
External links
The Official website for "The Guild"Awkward Pictures
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Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy HourDirectors on Twitter Article
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1981 births
Living people