Sean Flynn

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Sean Flynn is a documentary producer, director and cinematographer based on Boston, MA. Working with Principle Pictures since 2003, Sean has been involved in every aspect of the development, production, outreach and distribution of both feature-length and broadcast documentaries. Through grant-writing and pitching forums, he helped the company raise nearly $600,000 from some of the country’s most prestigious documentary funders, including ITVS, NEH, Cinereach, Fledgling Fund and Tribeca Film Institute. As a producer and cinematographer, he has shot in 15 countries, including conflict zones like Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma and the West Bank.

Sean was an Associate Producer and Co-Director of Photography in Afghanistan on the award-winning film BEYOND BELIEF, which premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on the Sundance Channel. Most recently, he directed and co-edited the short documentary DIVIDING LINES, a film about the lives of Israeli and Palestinian journalists. He is also a producer and cinematographer on the ITVS-funded feature THE LIST.

In 2008, Sean was a filmmaker resident at the Content + Intent Documentary Institute at Mass MoCA, where he focused on harnessing the power of documentary film as a tool for social change. In 2011, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to research a film about urban redevelopment in India.

Sean studied film and political science at the University of Southern California and the University of Otago in New Zealand.