Sean Wathen

Screenwriter

Burbank, California

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February 2022

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About Sean

Sean Wathen grew up in Louisville, Kentucky before heading to Hollywood to work on hit tv shows like "Heroes," "24," and "House." After being a Writer's Assistant for Writer/Director Michael Mann, Sean became a full time screenwriter.

Previously named on Tracking Board’s 'Young & Hungry List,' Sean's Produced projects include “Sniper: The Last Stand,” which he wrote & co-produced for Destination Films (a subsidiary of Sony). Sony has since hired him to write & co-produce two more projects that both recently wrapped principal photography in South Africa. In addition, Sean's screenplay “A Chrismystery” was filmed in December 2024 with Spitfire Entertainment, and is set to release in winter 2025. Previously, he also co-wrote the 2022 Lionsgate project "Escape the Field" with Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi and Shane West. Additionally, Sean's script "The Holiday Hunt" was optioned to Happy Accidents Media, and he was hired to write the screenplay “Prying Eyes” for Zero Gravity.

Gender:
Male

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2025-05-19

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ROGUE Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Action If James Bond was 65 and pulled back into action by Black Widow -- When a female CIA assassin becomes the target of corrupt superiors, her aging mentor pulls himself out of hiding to help her prevent a war.**Made the Top 20% of all entries in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
UNDER THE GUN Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Film-noir L.A. Confidential meets Collateral -- After the traumatizing death of his partner, Detective Michael Sullivan delays his retirement for one final night to put an end to the case that has consumed his entire life.
REMEMBER (hour drama pilot & series bible) Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Crime Inception & Minority Report meet The Black List - An elite team of F.B.I. Special Agents use a new experimental technology to enter the memories of criminals & witnesses to solve cases.
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Horror Yellowstone meets The Conjuring -- In order to stop a terrifying haunting, a Detective and a prominent Psychiatrist dig into the secrets of a disturbed young woman's past who fears a vengeful spirit is trying to possess her... **Studio coverage from Tracking Board highly praising the script is available upon request -- all marks are 9/10 & 9.5/10 -- nothing below a 9.**
STRAYS Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Horror After a cruel, abusive caretaker dies in a freak accident, two brothers must convince those around them she is still alive in order to stay together, but they soon discover evil doesn't always stay dead…
AFTER YOU Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Drama HER meets Lars & The Real Girl-- Widowed Skylar Williams becomes enthralled with a new technology that creates a lifelike hologram of her recently deceased husband and soon chooses him over her friends and career as the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred.
OLD TIMERS Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy Grumpy Old Men meets Ocean’s 11-- Two Seniors, confined to a high-tech retirement center, attempt a breakout so they can fulfill their Bucket List dream of going to the Super Bowl.
OUT OF THIS WORLD Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Family GOONIES meets STRANGER THINGS in SPACE.-- A pair of bickering siblings, and their nerdy neighbor, accidentally board an alien spacecraft during a meteor shower in 1999 and discover a plot to take-over Earth.
T H E M Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Horror GET OUT meets THE SIXTH SENSE. -- A young black journalist, trapped in her new apartment, must face the traumas of her past as she becomes haunted by spirits connected to one of the most controversial events in U.S. history.
ALICE Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Crime Se7en meets Silence of the Lambs in this detective noir version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND -- F.B.I. Agent Alice Liddell journeys to the corrupt city of Wonderland to locate a missing young girl who was last seen holding a white rabbit puppet… but in order to find her, Alice will have to confide in an incarcerated mad man known only as The Hatter.

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Credits

Sniper: The Last Stand (2025) (2025)
Film by Sony Pictures Writer An expert sniper leads a special ops team in Costa Verde to prevent a dangerous arms dealer from deploying a lethal weapon. While mentoring a rookie shooter, he struggles with his new leadership role as the mission grows deadlier.
A Chrismystery (2025)
TV Movie by Artist View Entertainment Writer After the death of her husband, Annie Willows (Jen Lilley) returns to her hometown to become deputy sheriff. Though determined not to stay, a mysterious crime and the warmth of the town draw her back to what really matters—family, love, and the spirit of Christmas.
Escape The Field (2022)
Film by Lionsgate Writer Six strangers wake up trapped in an endless cornfield only to discover something mysterious is hunting them.
Writer's Assistant to Michael Mann (2019 - 2020)
by Forward Pass Writer's Assistant Writer's Assistant to Academy Award Winner Michael Mann
It Lives Below (2019)
Film (short) by Anacapa Pictures Writer
Helpline (2008)
Film (short) by Filmatix Films Writer A depressed cop calls a suicide hotline but doesn't get the help he expected....
Can (2005)
Film (short) by Sean Wathen Writer/Director A soda can is struck by lightning, comes to life, and goes on a quest to find the woman who drank from it. Official Selection of the London Sci-Fi Film Festival. Official Selection of the Bluegrass Film Festival.

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Awards

WINNER Stage 32 Family Friendly Screenwriting Contest -- "OUT OF THIS WORLD"
(2025)
Top 1% of discoverable projects on Coverfly - "AFTER YOU"
(2025)
Top 4% of discoverable projects on Coverfly - "Out of this World"
(2025)
#6 Family Feature on Coverfly's coveted Red List - "Out of this World"
(2025)
Top 8% of discoverable projects on Coverfly - "STRAYS"
(2025)
Top 4% of discoverable projects on Coverfly - "Divorced by 30"
(2025)
Top 100, Launch Pad Feature Competition - "AFTER YOU"
(2024)
Finalist, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival - "Divorced by 30"
(2024)
Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - "AFTER YOU"
(2024)
Semifinalist, Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards - "AFTER YOU"
(2024)
Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay Competition Hollywood at AFM Cannes - "AFTER YOU"
(2024)
Semifinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition - "AFTER YOU"
(2023)
Runner-up, Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition - "AFTER YOU"
(2023)
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Drama Competition - "AFTER YOU"
(2023)
Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Screenplay Contest - "COLD BLOODED"
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition - "THE HOLIDAY HUNT"
(2022)
Top ranked Family projects on Coverfly - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME"
(2022)
Top ranked Feature Family projects on Coverfly - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME"
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME"
(2022)
Semifinalist, Stage 32 - Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest - "STRAYS"
(2022)
Finalist, Script2Comic - Horror2Comic - "STRAYS"
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest - "Cold Blooded
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - "THE WENDIGO"
(2021)
Semifinalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards - "THE WENDIGO"
(2021)
Official Selection, Coverfly - Pitch Week
(2020)
Top 20% of All Entries in the 2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - "ROGUE"
(2018)
The Tracking Board's Young & Hungry List -- Top 100 Writers on the Verge
(2014)