Sean Buckley (producer)

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Sean Buckley is a Canadian film, television, branded content and commercial producer and director based out of Toronto, Ontario.

Career[edit]

Sean is the owner and CEO of Buck Productions,[1] which has been named on Realscreen's Global 100 list for 13 straight years.[2] Sean is also the chief content officer of the CineCoup Film Accelerator.[3] Buck Productions and the CineCoup Film Accelerator partnered to produce HumanTown,[4] WolfCop and Another WolfCop.[5]

Sean’s notable productions include the feature film Astronaut with Jessica Adams and Shelagh McLeod, which stars Richard Dreyfuss and Colm Feore, and had its international premiere at Eiff in June 2019.[6] Sean also produced the feature films Defendor starring Woody Harrelson,[7] A Beginner's Guide to Endings,[8] Coopers' Camera, Running Mates, Servitude with Dave Foley, Pretend We're Kissingstarring Zoë Kravitz, Wet Bum and Milton's Secret, starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez.[9] Horror flick Making Monsters, another project on Sean’s slate which is currently in its festival run, won Best Horror Film at Shriekfest 2019,[10] Best Actor Feature at Nightmares Film Festival 2019[11] and Best Director at HorrOrigins 2019. Sean is also producer on the short BOUNDLESS, which just wrapped principal photography in Guelph, ON, and is executive producer on The Burglar, which had an illustrious festival run, being accepted into 18 different festivals all over the world - most notably the Toronto Black Film Festival.

Sean produced Under Pressure: 9k which premiered on MotorTrend in March 2019.[12] He also produced four 10-part unscripted series for Reelz, all four series premiered in the U.S by March 2019.[13] Another notable show Sean is credited on is Merchants of the Wild, which aired on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Canada in February 2019 - season two of the show is just wrapped principal photography.[14] He produced the television series Rich Bride Poor Bride, Saw Dogs, Deals from the Dark Side, Cake Walk, Wedding Dress Wars, Petal Pushers and The Girly Ghosthunters.

With a background in branded content, Sean also produced Two Minutes to Transform, Like A Tourist,[15] The Mitsubishi City Chase, McMorris and McMorris for MTV and Red Bull Media,[16] Canada's Best Beauty Talent for Rogers Media and L'Oreal Paris, Our Family Vacation for Canon,[17] and The Project: Guatemala for GroupM.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The brains behind Buck Productions". Inside Halton. 6 January 2006.
  2. ^ "Team Members". ComedyCoup.
  3. ^ "Realscreen's Global 100 for 2013". Realscreen.
  4. ^ "ComedyCoup winner HumanTown starts production". Playback.
  5. ^ "Producers". Wolfcop.
  6. ^ "'Astronaut': Film Review | Edinburgh 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ Harvey, Dennis (15 September 2009). "Woody Harrelson's "Defendor" is a legend in his own mind". Variety.
  8. ^ "A Beginner's Guide to Endings -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010.
  9. ^ McNary, Dave (20 November 2015). "Michelle Rodriguez Bullying Drama 'Milton's Secret' Bought by Momentum". Variety.
  10. ^ Decker, Sean (2019-10-01). "Graham Denman's GREENLIGHT Tops SHRIEKFEST 2019 Winners". Dread Central. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  11. ^ Dick, Jeremy (2019-10-29). "Nightmares Film Festival 2019: Full List of Award Winners". Horror Geek Life. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  12. ^ "Extra: ProSieben ups Thomas Lasarzik; "Street Vet" heads to Europe".
  13. ^ "REELZ Announces 6 New Original Series, New Episodes of 5 Returning Series and 4 New Specials".
  14. ^ "NetNewsLedger - Season 2 Casting Call for Merchants of the Wild". 21 April 2019.
  15. ^ Reid, Regan. "Buck Productions trips out with HuffPo Canada". Playback.
  16. ^ Vlessing, Etan (17 July 2013). "Red Bull, Buck Productions Co-Producing MTV Snowboarding Reality TV Series". The Hollywood Reporter.
  17. ^ "eOne picks up The Project, Our Family Vacation". Playback.
  18. ^ "TV EH B CS PODCAST 79 — THE BUCK STOPS HERE". TV, eh?.

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