Directing
Sean Buckelew
Born
1987-01-01 (39)
Place of birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Sean Buckelew is an award-winning animator and director based in Los Angeles, California. He received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Experimental Animation and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2019, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Sean is currently a writer and co-executive producer on Scavengers Reign, a forthcoming animated series for HBOMax. He is also president of the board of directors and head programmer at the GLAS Animation Festival, held annually in Berkeley, CA.
Known for
NRIn Late Night Work Club's 2nd project, animators from around the world come together to create an anthology of animated shorts centered around the theme 'Strangers'. Released on Vimeo.com.
Strangers
2016
NRAn Indie Anthology animation on the theme of 'Ghost Stories'.
Ghost Stories
2013
5.0A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
Drone
2022
8.0An autonomous vacuum cleaner, a self-driving car and a supercomputer confess their innermost thoughts as they go about their day.
I Am A Robot
2024
A family's idyllic life is interrupted when the father is killed while defending his loved ones from a wild bear.
Another
2013
An important client visits the law offices of Hopkins & Delaney LLP to discuss his copyright infringement suit.
Hopkins & Delaney LLP
2015
Behind the camera
NRIn Late Night Work Club's 2nd project, animators from around the world come together to create an anthology of animated shorts centered around the theme 'Strangers'. Released on Vimeo.com.
Strangers
2016
NRAn Indie Anthology animation on the theme of 'Ghost Stories'.
Ghost Stories
2013
5.0A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
Drone
2022
5.0A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
Drone
2022
8.0An autonomous vacuum cleaner, a self-driving car and a supercomputer confess their innermost thoughts as they go about their day.
I Am A Robot
2024
A family's idyllic life is interrupted when the father is killed while defending his loved ones from a wild bear.
Another
2013
An important client visits the law offices of Hopkins & Delaney LLP to discuss his copyright infringement suit.
Hopkins & Delaney LLP
2015
NRFilmmaker Sean Buckelew tries to sign up for an account, only to be confronted with the fact that our fear of technology is actually based on a reflection of our own cruel, morally compromised, and violent behavior.
I'm Not A Robot
2019
5.7Two people fall in love in an online chat.
Lovestreams
2016