Sean Cain
Sean Cain is an American film director, editor, producer and writer.
Background
Originally hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Cain directed his first feature, Naked Beneath the Water which he used to graduate the cinema program at San Francisco State in 1995. This film was a very low budget psychological horror film, was shunned by his colleagues at college, but sold well on VHS through underground horror magazines such as Film Threat and Alternative Cinema.In early 2002 that Cain saw many of the low budget horror titles originally released on VHS were finding new life on DVD. Re-shooting about 60% of Naked Beneath the Water he finally achieved proper distribution on DVD in 2008. Cain now resides in Los Angeles where he created Velvet Hammer Films with his longtime business partner, Jim Wright. Since 2008 he has gone on to direct six more films, Silent Night, Zombie Night, Breath of Hate, and SyFy fare such as Jurassic City, Terror Birds, Eruption LA. Cain's seventh film, Dead By Dawn is getting back to his horror roots. He has also served on numerous horror projects as a producer and in 2009 was dubbed the 'Indie Horror Specialist' by Michael Gingold at Fangoria.
Partial filmography
Director
Dead By Dawn Eruption LA Terror Birds The Last House Jurassic City Rise of the Dinosaurs Breath of Hate Silent Night, Zombie Night- ''Naked Beneath the Water''
Producer
Dead By Dawn Breath of Hate Silent Night, Zombie Night Warning!!! Pedophile Released Someone's Knocking at the Door- ''Naked Beneath the Water''
Editor
Psycho Party Planner Dead By Dawn My Adventures with Santa Sunrise in Heaven My Best Friend's Christmas Stressed to Death Paradise Prey A Christmas Arrangement The Perfect Mother Sins and Seduction Left for Dead Babysitter's Nightmare Eruption LA Deadly Matrimony The Neighborhood Nightmare The Good Nanny 10 Year Reunion Terror Birds Honeymoon From Hell Jurassic City LA Apocalypse Utero Incarnate Noirland Like a Bat Out of Hell Rise of the Dinosaurs Sand Sharks Breath of Hate The Perfect House Someone's Knocking at the Door Hollywood Confidential Naked Beneath the Water- ''Zombiegeddon''