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Sean McAllister

Sean McAllister

Director, Producer, Cinematographer

Born May 2, 1965 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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After leaving school at 16 Sean McAllister worked in a series of low-paid low-skilled factory jobs in his hometown of Hull before finding a camera and filming his way into the National Film and Television School (NFTS), graduating in 1996. Since then he has made films for both the BBC and Channel 4; working in the UK and internationally. His candid, frank films depict with extraordinary intimacy the lives of ordinary people who are struggling to survive but who are survivors; intelligent and resourceful people caught-up in a world of political turmoil and personal conflict.

In 2005 his remarkable film ‘The Liberace Of Baghdad‘ about Iraqi pianist Samir Peter won the Special Jury Prize (World Documentary) at the Sundance Film Festival.

Sean is much more than a dispassionate fly-on-the-wall observer of other peoples lives, there is a fly-in-the-soup (Vérité) approach to his film-making, he becomes involved, he intervenes, he asks the questions which often provoke his subjects (and himself) into insights, thoughts, and realisations which they never knew they had. From his early films Working For The Enemy (1997) and The Minders (1998), Sundance Jury Prize-winning The Liberace Of Baghdad (2004) and Japan: A Story Of Love And Hate (2008) to his more recent successes, The Reluctant Revolutionary, Sheffield Jury Prize winning, BAFTA nominated A Syrian Love Story (2015), and now A Northern Soul (2018) Sean’s work continues to inspire, to surprise and to fascinate audiences. In 2017, Sean was director of the opening ceremony of the Hull City of Culture – setting the year off with record audiences: 1.5 times the city’s population attended the opening week events.

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Actor

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Year

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? Poster

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? Feature Film2025Self

A Northern Soul Poster

A Northern Soul Documentary2018Self

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Poster

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Documentary2008Self

The Liberace of Baghdad Poster

The Liberace of Baghdad Documentary2005Self

The Culture Show Poster

The Culture Show TV Series2004Self

Director

8

Type

Year

A Northern Soul Poster

A Northern Soul Documentary2018

Doc World Poster

Doc World TV Series2016

A Syrian Love Story Poster

A Syrian Love Story Documentary2015

The Reluctant Revolutionary Poster

The Reluctant Revolutionary Documentary2012

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Poster

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Documentary2008

The Liberace of Baghdad Poster

The Liberace of Baghdad Documentary2005

Settlers Poster

Settlers Documentary2000

The Minders Documentary1998

Producer

6

Type

Year

Doc World Poster

Doc World TV Series2016

The Reluctant Revolutionary Poster

The Reluctant Revolutionary Documentary2012

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Poster

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Documentary2008

The Liberace of Baghdad Poster

The Liberace of Baghdad Documentary2005

Settlers Poster

Settlers Documentary2000

Modern Times Poster

Modern Times TV Series1995

Cinematographer

5

The Reluctant Revolutionary Poster

The Reluctant Revolutionary Documentary2012

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Poster

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Documentary2008

The Liberace of Baghdad Poster

The Liberace of Baghdad Documentary2005

Settlers Poster

Settlers Documentary2000

The Minders Documentary1998

Sound Department

1

The Liberace of Baghdad Poster

The Liberace of Baghdad Documentary2005

Writer

1

A Syrian Love Story Poster

A Syrian Love Story Documentary2015

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