Sean Pecknold is a filmmaker from Seattle, now based in Los Angeles, CA. He is a dual US / Canadian citizen, and proud of both. He won the 2012 UK Music Video Award for best animated video for "The Shrine / An Argument" for Fleet Foxes. He has directed other music videos for Grizzly Bear, Beach House, and Here We Go Magic, as well as commercial work for Ikea, Sony, BBC Knowledge, Dreamworks & Smartwater. Sean is a proud recipient of a Young Gun Award from the Art Director's Club of America. He is currently finishing work on an animated series made possible by an Artist Initiative grant from the art and technology company VSCO.
He currently releases animation collaborations at the ongoing series The Unknown.
He is one half of Sing-Sing in Los Angeles with Adi Goodrich.
US Commercial Representation:
Society
Harry Calbom - EP
Directors Guild of America
(310) 289-2000
VSCO Grid
Instagram: seanpecknold
General Inquiries That Are Cool:
sean.pecknold@gmail.com
Press
Labocine - Feature
Gizmodo - Helios
Earmilk - Helios
VSCO Artist initiative Interview
Shots Mag Interview
Bomb Magazine Interview
Proxart
Onepointfour Interview
Form Fifty Five
It's Nice That Bookshelf
File Magazine Screening Presented by me
First Boards Awards - Best New Director
Coolhunting
Shots Interview
Digital Arts
Art Directors Club - Young Guns 7
Boards Directors to Watch 2009
It's Nice That - Grizzly Bear
Motionographer - Grizzly Bear
I Want My MTV
Gustave Studio
Lost At E Minor
Dr. Suess Juice
Beautiful Decay
Boards
Cartoon Brew
Motionographer - Mykonos
Ticklebooth
Focus Features
Wired
Stereogum
Antville
It's Nice That
Mtv
Motiongraphics.it
Spin
Motionographer - White Winter Hymnal
Screenings
The Disposable Film Festival, San Fran 2014
The Lost Picture Show 2013
Message To Man Festival St. Petersburg Russia 2013
Brooklyn Rooftop Film Screening Series 2013
By Design Retrospective, Seattle 2012
San Francisco Film Festival, 2012
SXSW 2012, Austin Texas
International Short Film Festival, France
Benicassim Festival, Spain
Museek Music Video Festival, St. Petersburg Russia
EMP Museum, Seattle, WA
Los Angeles Film Festival, LA
Onedotzero Festival, London
Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival, Spain
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto
Rooftop Film Festival, New York
San Francisco International Animation Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle
SXSW 2009, Austin
Flux Screening Series, LA
Tucson Film Festival
One Reel Film Festival, Seattle
Ellensburg Film Festival
NANO at the Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture, Spain
PSST! Pass It On, Worldwide
SXSW 2007, Austin