Sean Durkin
Sean Durkin wrote and directed Martha Marcy May Marlene, which will soon screen as part of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. The film premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival where Durkin won the prize for Best Director. The film was picked up by Fox Searchlight and is scheduled for a 2011 release. The project was developed in the 2010 Sundance Screenwriter’s and Director’s Lab.
Sean’s most recent short film, “Mary Last Seen,” premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and made its European premiere at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the PRIX SFR for Best Short, before going on to screen at New York Film Festival, London, and AFI.
Sean is the producer of Afterschool for which he was nominated for a 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Afterschool Premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world including New York Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and AFI just to name a few. The film was also nominated for two Gotham Awards and was released theatrically by IFC in October 2009. Sean also executive produced the feature Two Gates of Sleep, which also premiered at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. Most recently Sean produced Simon Killer. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Film & Television and a co-founder of Borderline Films.