About
Originating from Melbourne, Australia, Sheean is a versatile writer/director with a background in stop-motion animation, SFX make-up and cinematography. These broad and diverse skills have made Sheean an inventive storyteller, adept at finding unique solutions from the screenplay to the finished film. His short films have screened and won prizes at numerous international film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Telluride and Rotterdam. Sheean made his feature debut with ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY in 2013, set within the mysterious world of genetic engineering. It premiered to critical acclaim at the Fantasia Film Festival and was released theatrically in the US through IFC films. His short film, THE ROCK OF AGES, is a black comic fable shot in Iceland, starring Tómas Lemarquis and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. It premiered at Sitges 2021 and recently won the prize for best short at Monsterfest. Sheean's most recent and personal film, THE SHORE, was shot over an entire year of the pandemic and had its international premiere at Sitges 2023, continuing its festival run. Sheean is currently in post on his latest film, ‘DO NO HARM’, a supernatural thriller and precursor to a new feature film project in collaboration with MakeWay Film.
FILMOGRAPHY
FILM FESTIVALS / FILMOGRAPHY
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THE ROCK OF AGES- 2021 / 2022
Fantaspoa - Brazil
Sitges Film Festival (Spain) 2021
Reykjavik International Film Festival (Iceland) 2021 - local premiere
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (Brazil) 2022
HÕFF Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (Estonia) 2022
Fanta Festival (Italy) 2022
L'Étrange Flm Festival (France) 2022
Lund Fantastic Film Festival (Sweden) 2022
Leeds International Film Festival (UK) 2022
Film Quest (USA) 2022
Shock Fest (USA) 2022
Court Metrange Film Festival (France) 2022
Fantasy Film Fest (Germany – touring seven cities) 2022
Morbido (Mexico) 2022
Imagine Film Festival (Netherlands) 2022
Festival de Cortos de Bogotá – BOGOSHORTS (Columbia) 2022
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival (USA) 2022
Monster Fest (Australia) 2022
Lund Fantastic Fest (Sweden) 2022
Festival Rojo Sangre (Argentina) 2022
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ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY - 2012 / 2013
Fantasia Film festival – Montreal
Melbourne International Film Festival
Frightfest - London
Transatlantyk International Film & Music Festival - Poland
Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro Int`l Film Festival
Fantastic Fest - Austin
Raindance - UK
Lund Fantasy Film Fest – Sweden
Telluride Horror Show - US
Jönköping film festival – Sweden
29th Annual Olympia Film Festival - Washington
Canberra International Film Festival
Cockatoo Island FF - Sydeny
Brisbane International Film Festival
Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival - Belgium
SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre
Abertoir Film Festival- Wales
Science+Fiction, Trieste International Science Fiction Festival – Italy
Fancine, Malaga - Spain
International Filmfest Rotterdam
Fantaspoa - Brazil


WILLIAM - 2006/2007
SUNDANCE film festival. USA.
Melbourne International Film Festival. Australia.
Flicker Fest. Australia.
Dresden International Film Festival. Germany.
St Kilda Film Festival. Australia.
Palmsprings. USA.
Montreal first people’s festival. Canada.
ATOM awards. Australia.
Brisbane International Film Festival. Australia.
Revelations. Australia 

FISH - 2005/2006
Berlin International Film Festival. Panorama.
Melbourne International Film Festival. Australia.
Hawaii International Film Festival.
CORK International Film Festival. Ireland.
IMAGO International Film Festival. Portugal.
Brisbane International Film Festival.
REVELATIONS. Perth.
Flicker Fest. Australia.
Sydney Film Festival. Australia. Dendy Awards.
St Kilda Film Festival. Australia.
LA shorts fest. USA.
Palm Springs International Film Festival. USA
BING - 2002/2004
Melbourne International Film Festival. Australia.
Telluride International Film Festival. USA.
Chicago International Film Festival. USA.
Hawaii International Film Festival. USA.
Palm Springs International Film Festival. USA.
Flickerfest International Film Festival. Australia.
Dresden International Film Festival. Germany.
St Kilda Film Festival. Australia.
Commonwealth Film Festival. UK.
Message to Man Film Festival. Russia.
Bilboa Film Festival. Spain.
Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Los Angeles Cinematheque. USA.
FLEDGLING - 1999/2001
Dresden Film festival. German.
Humboldt Film Festival. USA.
St Kilda Short Film Festival. Australia.
Anima Mundia Animation Festival. Brazil.
Cinema Jose Film Festival. Spain.
Message to Man Film Festival. St Petersburg.
Sitges Film Fest. Spain.
Chicago Underground Film Fest. USA.
Palm Springs Film Fest. USA.
Watch My Shorts. Australia.
Slamdance Film Festival. USA.
Side On Screenings. Sydney, Australia.
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2000.
Archive program entitled ‘Otherworlds’. New York City.
Slamdance 2001 Anarchy Semi Finalist Screening. USA.
Moscow film festival. Australian program.
Annecy 2003. Australian retrospective program. 

FESTIVAL PRIZES 

Monsterfest (Australia) winner best short film 'THE ROCK OF AGES'
Shock Fest (USA) 2022 nominated for best fantasy short 'THE ROCK OF AGES'
Trieste science + fiction winner jury prize for best film ‘ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY’
Next wave best actor award for Michael Eklund for ‘ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY’
Flickerfest Sydney SBS Television Award ‘WILLIAM’
Montreal first people’s festival - TEUEIKAN GRAND PRIZE, Best film & Cinematography ‘WILLIAM’
ATOM awards, Australia - Best Short fiction ‘WILLIAM’
Melbourne International Film Festival - Winner Emerging Australian Director ‘FISH’
Sydney Film Festival - Nominated for a DENDY award ‘FISH’ 

Dresden International Film Festival, Germany - Winner best sound ‘BING’
Melbourne Comedy Festival - Winner best use of postproduction ‘BING’

St Kilda Film Festival - Winner best sound ‘BING’

Slamdance Online Festival, USA - Winner Best Film ‘FLEDGING’
Melbourne Fringe Festival - 2nd prize for best film ‘FLEDGLING’
- Served on the international jury film fest Dresden 2008
