Sean Weathers

Sean Weathers is a formidable underground film director, producer, writer, editor and actor living in Brooklyn, New York. Sean's story is a story of life, love, redemption and the power of positive thinking. Sean Weathers is a diehard guerrilla film maker who possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of film. Quentin Tarantino once referred to Sean as the “king of guerrilla film making.” On a personal level, Sean is a descendent of Crispus Attucks, the first man to die during the Boston Massacre which led directly to the American Revolutionary War in 1776. Sean is also renowned psychic who can levitate small objects, cast out demons and communicate with dead people. Sean Weather lives in New York City and is the co-founder of Full Circle Filmworks.


The Early Life of Sean Weathers

Much of the early life of Sean Weathers is shrouded in mystery. He was born in Jonestown, Guyana to a single mother. Sean was one of the few survivors of the mass suicide at Jonestown in 1978 at the hands of psychotic cult leader Jim Jones and the People’s Temple. With no money and nowhere to go, Sean lived in the dangerous jungles of tropical Guyana amongst animals, reptiles and savages. At the age of ten, Sean boarded a raft en route to Miami in search of a better life. After arriving in Miami, he walked over 1,300 miles to New York City and reunited with his family in the brutal East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York circa 1986.

As Sean neared his teenage years in the rough and tumble neighborhood of East Flatbush, he began to run with the wrong crowd and became a gangster. He fell into a dangerous crowd of young toughs who smoked pot, robbed bodegas and attacked opposing gang members without provocation. Legend has it that when Sean was only 13 years old he and a few members of the brutal street gang to which he belonged walked into a fast food restaurant and without warning vandalized and destroyed everything in sight. Allegedly they caused over $20,000 in damage!

Finding Something To Believe In

When Sean entered high school, he began to see that the thug life was not the way for him. No longer interested in being a hooligan, he began to play football and took a strong interest in many other sports. Although Sean still hung out, he no longer affiliated with the shady characters in his neighborhood. Around this time he moved from East Flatbush to the violent neighborhood of “Do or Die,” Bedford-Stuyvesant. After sustaining a back injury in his sophomore year in high school, Sean struggled to find the purpose of his life. He spent some time searching for something to believe in. The streets were calling him back, but Sean resisted the temptation and decided there were greener pastures elsewhere. Towards the end of his senior year in high school he decided to pursue acting.

Early Endeavors

In 1998, a determined Sean began to look for work as a movie extra. He appeared very briefly in the Howard Stern movie “Private Parts” and wrote a screenplay for “Lord of the Rings.” Around this time, Sean began a short-lived modeling agency. After approximately one year, he abandoned the idea and decided to focus his energy entirely on film making. His earliest efforts were experimental documentaries which were shot in and around his neighborhood. Most of these projects were shot on a Hi8 camcorder and were never marketed to distributors.

Disappointment

After Sean's early experimental films, he began to work with a partner named Ali Johnson. They planned on shooting several films and music videos together. Shortly after they began their partnership, Ali got a job directing a rap music video and asked Sean to work for him as a “Grip.” Sean didn't accept Ali's offer because he felt that they were partners and should not be working with nor for each other. Subsequently, the music video fell through and Ali's now works in a McDonalds in Orlando, Florida.

Gemini In Bed-Stuy

In the summer of 2001, a highly motivated Sean Weathers decided to get back to work on his experimental films. He met up with film maker Aswad Issa, who had shot the 8mm feature “Heaven Ain't Hard to Find” and they decided to collaborate on Sean's next effort which was titled "Gemini In Bed-Stuy." This zero-budget film was a comedy revolving around a macho man named Gemini who spent all his time and energy pursuing women in his neighborhood. Approximately 75% of this film was shot, but due to casting-related issues, the film in its entirety was never completed and the master's are now thought to be lost.

Sean The Guerilla Film Maker

After Sean's first collaboration with Aswad Issa fell apart due to casting-related issues, Sean insisted on continuing his foray into experimental films. He continued casting for another Gemini-like film to no avail. Aswad, who is well know for his persistence, continued to try to convince the stubborn Weathers to consider a more mainstream and orthodox approach to film making. Although orthodox film making was something that Sean wanted to do, it took him sometime to give up his desire to make experimental films. Finally, in the winter of 2001, Sean emailed Aswad a rough outline of the script that would eventually be House of the Damned.

House of the Damned (2002)

In the winter of 2001, Sean Weathers emailed Aswad a rough outline of the script that would eventually become House of the Damned. At that point, House of the Damned was just a 20 minute short. Sean eventually elongated the script to approximately 72 minutes. Sean and Aswad cast mostly their friends and some actors that Aswad had met during his casting for "Heaven Ain't Hard to Find" in 2000. Filming began in February 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts. The project was filmed over two weekends the first in Boston and the second at Sean's house in Brooklyn. The process was hectic, filled with arguments, drug use and controversy. Sean, who was somewhat inexperienced at handling personnel at that point had his hands full, but his strength and iron will pulled him thought the production phase of the project. By late Sunday there was enough footage for a complete film. Determined and undaunted, Sean, finally made the decision to pursue mainstream endeavors and began to write scripts at a feverish pace.

They All Must Die! (2002)

In the summer of 2002, Sean Weathers set out to complete his 2nd project, "Dirty Deeds" a Rape-Revenge Movie. After doing extensive research on this sub-genre one title kept coming up "I Spit On Your Grave", after mentioning it to friends, cast, crew, and local video store owners, and hearing of the long, gritty, realistic, brutal, violent, humiliating, sadistic, and excruciating to watch rape scene. Upon viewing Sean felt the movie did not live up too it's reputation. Prompting him to discard his original script and cast and start from scratch with a single goal of bringing to the screen the most infamous movie ever shot. After five months of casting and three emotionally draining weeks of shooting, for better or for worse, his mission was accomplished with the movie now known as "They All Must Die!." Too gut-wrenching for film festivals and screening venues the movie had been shelved for over 6 years in the spring 2008 against the wishes of his lawyers and advisers, Sean has made the movie available to the public.

DISCLAIMER: This movie has already been investigated by the NYPD and FBI. This is not a snuff-film. Contrary to some belief the actress in this movie was not actually raped during the making of the project.

******WARNING this movie should not be watch by anyone on antidepressants or anyone with a heart problem or any other serious medical condition.******

Lust For Vengeance (2002)

With the momentum of having shot two movies earlier that year, in the fall of 2002 director Sean Weathers and producer Aswad Issa set out to cap off the year with a bang by doing the principal photography on a possible 3rd feature. Sean wanted to write a script that would be easy to shoot and at the same time meet his personal and artistic requirements. The result was a uniquely structured psychedelic giallo that was both episodic and non-linear while at the same time incorporating the sequence approach developed by Frank Daniel. The movie was written, cast, rehearsed, and principal photography was shot, within a two month span. The sequence of scenes with the Jennifer character were held off for over 2 years, until the right girl for the part was found. Although she was only intended to have 5 minutes of screen time, the actress that was cast impressed Sean so much that he extended her part, tripling her screen time and gave her credit as the lead.

Mental Breakdown

In December 2004 Sean decided to focus all of his efferts on post production on the 3 movies he had completed to date, and began to search for an editor. After a few routine editing sessions, the editor and Sean decided to part ways. A few days later Sean began a downward spiral into a prolific bout of depression, over-eating, panic and anxiety. He locked himself in his apartment and refused to communicate with family, friends and business associates. Sean's days were spend force-feeding himself food and looking in the mirror debating whether or not he should let himself live. Partner Aswad, made several attempts to communicate with Weathers over this time period to no avail. Sean had become a desperado, a vagabond with no will to live. Steeped in depression and suicidal intentions Weathers gained over 200 pounds during this epic battle he waged with himself. "I didn't feel that I was worthy of life. I wasn't the film maker that I wanted to be. I wasn't the human being that I wanted to be," Sean said in an magazine interview in 2005.

Aswad, realizing that it was up to him to complete the editing of Lust For Vengeance went to Sean's apartment to confront him. He showed up with several people armed with guns and knives out of fear that Sean may have become homicidal. He managed to get a hold of the masters for Lust For Vengeance, but Sean had locked himself in a closet and threatened to take his life if Aswad and his company opened the door. "The situation was tense and scary," Aswad recollected “anything could have happened.” Later that night, Aswad received a call from Weathers asking him if he was going to be home. Aswad informed Sean that he would be home. A few hours later a haggard, disheveled and worn-down looking Weathers showed up at Aswad's front door. He was morbidly obese, had a beard, and had not cut his hair or taken a shower in 3 months. "I didn't recognize him. He looked like a destitute homeless person," Aswad recalled.

Sean told Aswad that it was the first time he had left his apartment in months. Sean told Aswad that he was done with the depression and was going to get back to being a film maker. He decided that his next project would be “Island Holocaust.” It was around this time that people began to notice that Sean had strange powers. One of Sean’s cousins, was said to be possessed with evil spirits. She was a wanton who lived a life of drugs, debauchery and devlishment. Sean was called on by his relatives to deal with her and he performed an exorcism. While the night roared with thunder and lighting, Sean cast evil spirits out of her oscillating body.

Sean's Dramatic Recovery

Sean began to gain back his confidence and self-esteem little by little by watching repeated viewings of the Arnold Schartzenegger documentary “Pumping Iron” and by re-visting his partnership with Aswad. They decided to officially form a company called Full Circle Filmworks, purchase all the necessary equipment to produce and edit films and get right back to work.

Hookers In Revolt (2006)

In the summer of 2006, Sean Weathers set out to complete his 4th movie "Women On Top" an allegorical satire inspired in part by the book "Animal Farm" and part by his experiences and interactions with some of the over 300 actresses he would eventually audition for the movie. Sean teamed up with his long-time producer Aswad Issa for their first feature project together in almost four years. His ambitious endeavor would call for almost twenty principal parts with an equal amount of extras. Sean's decision to shoot the group scenes and the police station scene on the first day after not shooting in years almost cost him the movie. He would have to overcome a cast revolt, immediately followed by a crew revolt (prompting him to rename the movie "Hookers In Revolt"). The day ended with Sean sending home 3 cast members, nearly being arrested and almost loosing his cast and crew, however Sean would persevere to not only finish the movie but also starring in it as well.

 

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