Sean Michael Beyer
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Beyer grew up in the rural Northern California town of Grass Valley,
moving to Southern California in 1989 to pursue his dreams. He quickly
got work as an actor doing touring children's theatre. From there, he
worked various odd jobs in and out of the entertainment biz. His
production company Eye Scream Films was created in 2000, producing a
number of award-winning projects, including the Callous Sentiment
segment of the feature Visions of Horror, winning awards for his
editing and sound design work. 2005 marked his feature film writing &
directorial debut, with the intense drama,
Down the P.C.H. (2006) starring
Guillermo Diaz,
Elaine Hendrix and
Lin Shaye picking up worldwide distribution,
all while being made for a mere $40,000! His second film,
Resurrection Mary (2007)
starring Golden Globe-Winner
Sally Kirkland and character
actor Richard Riehle, is based upon the
famous Chicago Urban Legend, and is also available worldwide. Beyer
took on editorial duties and produced the behind-the-scenes featurette
for the campy thriller
The Telling (2009) starring
Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison, best known as Playboy's Girls Next
Door, inking distribution with Sony Pictures. He worked in the post
sound department for the Sundance hit
Bellflower (2011) and just wrapped
production as producer of the dramatic horror film
Citrus Springs (2016),
co-produced and cast by
Valerie McCaffrey who will team up
with him for their third producer-director collaboration with the
adventurous romantic-comedy
Poor Paul (2023), based upon the hit
web series of the same name. He continues to wear many hats both behind
(and occasionally in front of) the camera and in the editing room, with
his focus on directing.