Sean Gullette
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Sean Gullette (born June 4, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is a New York-based writer and actor who first received international acclaim for his role in Darren Aronofsky's film Pi. In Pi, Gullette played Max Cohen, a troubled and aloof mathematical genius searching for patterns and meaning in the natural world. Along with being the movie's lead actor, he also co-wrote the original script for the movie and helped design the film's promotional website. Gullette also had a minor role in Aronofsky's film Requiem for a Dream, as a psychiatrist.
Gullette graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University in 1991 with a degree in literature. He has studied acting in London and New York City.
Sean Gullette is a writer, actor, and filmmaker.
He was born in Boston and attended public schools and Harvard, where he acted in theater and films and directed plays. His professional work in film began in 1996, when he co-wrote and played the lead role in the award-winning PI, directed by longtime collaborator Darren Aronofsky. He has since played principal and supporting roles in some twenty films including Brad Anderson's HAPPY ACCIDENTS (w/ Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei) and Darren Aronofsky's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (w/ Jennifer Connelly), the German film TOSKANA KARRUSSEL (w/ Susanna Lothar) and as a guest actor on network TV dramas. His occasional theater work has included the lead in the New York premiere of Susan Sandler's IF I WERE A TRAIN.
In 2007, Sean will play the lead role in TULA STATION, directed by Sergio Maroquin, from the award-winning novel by David Toscana. He will also play the principal role in LILITH, a thriller from french director Fabien Martorell, produced by Hector Films and Universal/Paramount France.
Sean is currently writing the screenplay of an english-language feature film, for a french director and a Swiss producer.
His feature film screenwriting projects have included CONVICTION, MONOPOLIS and KILROY. He has consulted on screenplays for Warner Brothers, Paramount, and independent productions. He wrote and is a producer of THANKSGIVING, starring Yolonda Ross, James Urbaniak and Seymour Cassel. He wrote "New York Stories" for Donna Karan's DKNY, and directed the "Von Hummer the 1st" series of promotional spots for VH-1, starring James Urbaniak. He wrote and directed a trio of short films now in postproduction, and produced Nicole Zaray's gender-inverted short film JOE'S DAY, featuring Deborah Harry.
Sean is developing two feature films as a writer and director. The first is KILROY, which he plans to direct with a small crew in Morocco and the U.S.
A second project, MONOPOLIS has been in development with producer Sarah Green since 2003. The film is slated to be designed by James Chinlund, scored by Stewart Copeland and edited by Lee Percy. MONOPOLIS, set in a Manhattan skyscraper in 1960, and in the Amazon rainforest, will be a stylish psychological drama in the tradition of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, CHINATOWN, and JACOB'S LADDER.
Sean's essays, journalism and fiction have been published in magazines including Brill's Content, Gear (where he was the resident film critic), Entertainment Weekly, The Face, Spy, Slate and KGB magazine (which he founded as editor and publisher in 1991.) His essay "Mile High" appears in the NYU Press' book 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11, and his piece "Notes" appears in the Springer-Verlag anthology Art, Technology, and Cinema.
Gullette lives in Tangier, Morocco, and is the founder of the 212 Society, a US non-profit which supports cultural and educational projects in Morocco, including The Cinematheque de Tanger and Darna. The 212 Society and takes its name from the 212 telephone codes of its home city and adoptive country.
He is also active in designing interiors and lighting.
He is represented by Craig Cohen, of Chemistry; the William Morris Agency, for voiceover; Paradigm, for commercial work; and CO-OP [New York] for commercial and music video direction. His agent for acting in Europe is Juanita Fallag of Artistes de Cinema et Theatre, Paris.
Gullette and photographer Yto Barrada have a baby daughter, Vega Violet.
