Sean Hepburn Ferrer

Sean Ferrer has spent 40 years working in all areas of motion picture development, production, post-production, and marketing. After a brief sabbatical during which he founded a series of charities dedicated to continuing his mother's humanitarian legacy, Sean directed and produced the one-man feature documentary *Racehoss* (2001), shot on HDTV. Based on the successful biography by Albert Race Sample, the film is currently being adapted as a feature by Mike Judge. Sean also executive produced the award-winning Australian mini-series *Cloudstreet* (2011), based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton. He is also the executive producer of *Living the Blues* (2010), a documentary about blues singers and musicians. Earlier, he produced the motion picture *Pretty Hattie's Baby* (1991), for which he independently raised the $6 million budget. The film stars Alfre Woodard, Jill Clayburgh, Allison Elliot, Tess Harper, and Charles S. Dutton. Directed by Ivan Passer, *Pretty Hattie's Baby* is set in the 1950s and follows the relationship between an African American mother and her white adopted daughter. Sean also produced *Stranger's Kiss* (1983) (starring Victoria Tennant and Peter Coyote, Orion Pictures) and *Good to Go* (1986) (starring Art Garfunkel, Island Pictures). His other production credits include: 1st Assistant Director on *Blood in Blood Out* (1993) (directed by Taylor Hackford); 2nd Unit Unit Production Manager/1st Assistant Director on *Christopher Columbus: The Discovery* (1992); Executive Director on *Eye of the Widow* (1991) (starring F. Murray Abraham, Ben Cross, Rick Young, and Annabel Schofield); 1st Assistant Director/2nd Unit Supervisor on *Old Gringo* (1989) (directed by Luis Puenzo, starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck); Associate Producer on *Ironweed* (1987) (directed by Hector Babenco, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep); Director of Post-Production, Marketing and Foreign Servicing for Keith Barish Productions on *Light of Day* (1987) (starring Michael J. Fox) and *The Running Man* (1987) (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). Additional credits include: *Treasure of the Moon Goddess* (1987) (Hemdale), *Bad Manners* (1984) (Disney), *They All Laughed* (1981) (starring Audrey Hepburn and John Ritter), *One Shoe Makes It Murder* (1982) (starring Robert Mitchum and Angie Dickinson), *Inchon* (1981) (directed by Terence Young, starring Lawrence Olivier and Jacqueline Bisset). Sean has also produced music videos for Sade ("Paradise") and Joan Jett ("Light of Day"). He directed a live broadcast and was a founding member of the "American Cinema Awards." Educated in Europe, Sean is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.