Sean hails from Hobart Tasmania The Loved Ones 2009 is his first feature and has achieved official selection at over twenty international film festivals winning the Peoples Choice Award Midnight Madness Category Toronto International Film Festival 2009 and The Siren Award for Best International Feature Lund International Film Festival 2010 His most recent short Advantage 2007 had its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2008 and has picked up multiple awards on the festival circuit While doing his Masters at the Australian Film Television Radio School Sean received the Australian Directors Guild and Screen Sound Australia Awards for Excellence in Drama Directing for his shorts Work Sport Sunday and Ben When he isnt directing shorts and features Sean directs television ads for Renegade Films in Melbourne He has directed spots for Cadburys Nintendo and Ford among others