Sean Stanek

Sean Stanek is an actor, director and motion capture producer who grew up in a circus as an acrobat with The Seven Alexander's teeterboard troupe, founded by his parents. He left that life to act, and for years he worked in Los Angeles on film and television. Inspired by James Cameron while a visual effects coordinator on Titanic, he moved into feature directing. His first feature was A Crack in the Floor, a film he co-directed and wrote, with Gary Busey and Mario Lopez starring. He followed it with Played for Lions Gate Films, also writing, directing and handling cinematography; its cast included Bruno Kirby, Vinnie Jones, Gabriel Bryne and Val Kilmer. He earned Best Screenplay at the Malibu Film Festival in 2007 for that film. He later worked for Sony Imageworks as a producer of motion capture on Monster House and Beowulf, and directed performance capture and voice work for games such as Splinter Cell: Conviction and Infamous 2.