“Character is revealed by the choices that someone makes under pressure. The greater that pressure is, the greater the revelation of character.”
I’ve known Sean for over a decade, and in all that time he has had one clear ambition: to spend his life telling stories as a screenwriter and director.
In high school, he started the film club and rallied his classmates to create independent features. In college, he started working on the script for his first full length film which ended up getting picked up by a distributor for a nationwide release.
Sean was living in LA working to break into the big leagues when COVID came about, and as he talks about in this interview, the scene there never quite came back from the hit it took at that time.
It was around then we managed to convince Sean to come join us in Saint Louis to work as the Creative Director for Legacy Interviews.
Since then, Sean has started a grass roots production company with his brother through which they wrote and directed a short film called Phone Tag. They are currently working on the script for their next feature as this one makes the film festival circuit.
In this conversation we talk about these experiences and more, all the while diving into the state of the film industry and elements of storytelling and character development.
I’m proud to share this conversation. I hope you enjoy.
This podcast is supported by Legacy Interviews, a company that video records individuals and couples sharing their life stories so that future generations can see and hear the voices of their family.
This podcast was recorded by NobleLore. NobleLore is a company that makes podcasting easy. You show up and talk, they take care of the rest.
Thank you Pop’s Blue Moon for letting us use our favorite neighborhood bar as a studio for this conversation.
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-Benjamin Anderson
Nostr: benjamin@buildtall.com
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