Sean Hood
{{short description|American screenwriter (born 1966)}}
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| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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| occupation = Screenwriter
| spouse = Micki Stern
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Sean Hood (born August 13, 1966) is an American screenwriter and film director.
Early life
Hood graduated from Brown University, with a double major in pure mathematics and studio art, and then spent several years working in Hollywood as a set dresser, prop assistant and art director working with filmmakers as diverse as James Cameron, David Fincher and David Lynch. He continued his studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 1997 with an MFA in production. His student short film, "The Shy and the Naked" won a grant from the Sloan Foundation for the positive portrayal of science.indieWIRE (1998) [https://www.indiewire.com/ots/fes_97SloanFilmAwrd_971120.html indieWIRE] Retrieved April 6, 2006
Career
=Screenwriting=
Hood sold his first spec screenplay to MTV Films in 2000, and went on to sign a deal with Dimension Films,Variety (2001) [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117851315.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=Hood+Dimension Variety] Retrieved October 21, 2010 which included rewrites on Halloween: Resurrection and Cursed. He went on to work on Conan the Barbarian for producer Avi Lerner,Variety (2007) [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966004.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety] Retrieved June 26, 2009 and Hercules: The Legend Begins. Most recently, he penned an screenplay adaptation of the novel Rolling in The Deep, which will be produced by J. Todd Harris and directed by Mary Lambert (director).Variety (2018) [https://variety.com/2018/film/news/mary-lambert-mermaid-thriller-rolling-in-the-deep-1203029736/ Variety] Retrieved November 15, 2018 In 2011, Hood was hired to write the script for the fifth Rambo film, titled Rambo: Last Stand,{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/new-screenplay-rambo-5/|title=New Screenplay For Rambo 5|first=Owen|last=Williams|work=Empire|date=August 19, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402011517/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/new-screenplay-rambo-5/}} however, Hood's script was put on hold in early 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/sean-hood-finally-gives-an-update-on-the-state-of-rambo-5|title=Sean Hood Finally Gives an Update on the State of Rambo 5|first=Marcey|last=Papandrea|work=Joblo|date=February 10, 2012|access-date=October 2, 2018}} In 2014, Hood's Rambo: Last Stand script was abandoned in favor of a new script by Sylvester Stallone.{{cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/no-country-for-old-men-esque-rambo-v-reportedly-on-the-way-20140623/|title='No Country for Old Men'-Esque 'Rambo V' Reportedly On The Way|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|work=The Playlist |date=June 23, 2014|access-date=August 27, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828030403/https://theplaylist.net/no-country-for-old-men-esque-rambo-v-reportedly-on-the-way-20140623/}}
=Television=
He wrote the episode Echoes for the NBC horror anthology series Fear Itself. Similarly, he contributed to the Showtime horror anthology series Masters of Horror by penning the episode Sick Girl.
Hood also worked on Sick for The CW.[https://deadline.com/2012/11/the-cw-buys-teen-survival-drama-spec-369340/ Deadline.com (2012)] and The Dorm for MTV. In 2022, he adapted Warren Ellis' comic FreakAngels into an animated series for Crunchyroll.
=Directing=
He was one of the founding members of Filmmakers Alliance and often collaborates creatively with FA's president, Jacques Thelemaque.[http://genrehacks.blogspot.com/ Genre Hacks: By Sean Hood] His most recent short film is Melancholy Baby.
=Blogging=
Hood wrote the screenwriting blog Genre Hacks from 2008 until 2017.[http://genrehacks.blogspot.com/ Genre Hacks]
=Teaching at USC=
He is currently an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He teaches the courses "Writing the Feature Script", "Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis", and "Creating The Short Film."[http://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=12882&first=&last=&title=&did=19&referer=/writing/faculty.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=1 USC Cinematic Arts Directory]
Credits
=Film=
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| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998
|The Shy and the Naked |Writer |Short film, also director | |||
| 1999
|The Darklings |Writer |TV film, co–wrote with Brendan Hood | |||
| rowspan=2|2002
|Co–wrote with Larry Brand | |||
| Cube 2: Hypercube
|Story by/Screenplay by{{cite web|url=https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/project/189255/hypercube-cube-2|title=Hypercube: Cube 2|first=|last=|work=Writers Guild of America East|date=|access-date=August 27, 2021}} |Co–wrote with Ernie Barbarash & Lauren McLaughlin | |||
| 2003
|Alone |Writer |Video short, also director | |||
| 2005
|Co–wrote with Lance Mungia & Jeff Most | |||
| rowspan=2|2008
|Writer |Short film, also director | |||
| Midnight Movie
|Story by | | |||
| 2011
|Co–wrote with Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer | |||
| rowspan=2|2014
|first=|last=|work=Writers Guild of America East|date=|access-date=August 27, 2021}} |Co–wrote with Daniel Giat | |||
| The Dorm
|Writer |TV film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Series | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006
|Writer |1 episode | |||
| 2008
|Writer |1 episode | |||
| 2022
|Writer |8 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0393517}}
- [http://genrehacks.blogspot.com/ Genre Hacks]
- Scripts & Scribes Interview [http://www.scriptsandscribes.com/seanhood/ with Sean Hood]
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Category:American television writers
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