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3. Sean Sexton Cunningham (born December 31, 1941) [a] is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s. Raised in Connecticut, Cunningham graduated from Franklin & Marshall College before earning an MFA from Stanford University.
Cunningham was finished with directing and moved on to producing films and teaching. He produced House III: The Horror Show (1989) , My Boyfriend's Back (1993) and Friday the 13th's last sequel Jason Goes to Hell (1993) . Cunningham then did yet another follow up to Friday the 13th with Jason X (2001). More at IMDbPro.
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Sean Cunningham. English. Message $3. Sean Cunningham. Creator of Friday 13th. 5.00 (13) Sean S. Cunningham directed and produced the seminal horror film Friday 13th ...
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Sean S. Cunningham. Producer: Friday the 13th. Like William Girdler, Oliver Hellman or even Ed Wood, Sean S. Cunningham had a successful career of starting films cheap and fast. Originally from New York, Cunningham had a vast knowledge of directing films and came to Hollywood. He started about the same time Wes Craven did. Cunningham meets Craven and decided to make a comedy-romance film ...
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Sean S. Cunningham will always be remembered in the horror field for directing what is considered the inspiration to thousands of crazed slasher films, 'Friday the 13th.' It was produced for a modest $500.000 and has grossed well over $70 million to date.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with filmmaker Chris Nash and star Ry Barrett ahead of the film’s theatrical release about Johnny’s nature and the tough hurdles in making this unique indie horror film ...
