Sean Hood
Sean Hood 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.Career
Screenwriting
Hood sold his first spec screenplay to MTV Films in 2000, and went on to sign a deal with Dimension Films, which included rewrites on Halloween: Resurrection and Cursed. He went on to work on Conan the Barbarian for producer Avi Lerner, 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. In 2011, Hood was hired to write the script for the fifth Rambo film, titled Rambo: Last Stand, however, Hood's script was put on hold in early 2012. In 2014, Hood's Rambo: Last Stand script was abandoned in favor of a new script by Sylvester Stallone.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. and The Dorm for MTV. In 2022, he adapted Warren Ellis' comic FreakAngels into an animated series for Crunchyroll.