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SEAN
DILLON : RESUME :
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Directing - Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, 1996 (4.0/4.0 GPA)
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and in English, University
of La Verne, La Verne, CA, 1987 (3.9/4.0 GPA)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Development, Buena Vista Productions - The Walt Disney
Company
April 2004 - Present
Assisted both the Vice-President and Director of Development
for this television division of the Walt Disney Studios.
Temporary Services - AppleOne
December, 2002-April 2004
Held a variety of temporary positions in major entertainment
companies, both short and long term support staff positions
with senior studio executives, ranging from production
to legal and business affairs.
International Marketing - Universal Studios, Inc.
December 1996 -April, 2002
Attained the position of publicist after serving as
assistant to Vice President of Special Projects and
assistant to Director and Vice President of International
Publicity. Duties included all aspects of international
publicity of feature films including talent interviews,
press relations, writing of publicity materials, database
management, development of computer applications, press
junkets, screenings, special events, and a variety of
other duties for the marketing of Universal feature
films outside the U.S. Worked closely with other divisions
including advertising and promotions, international
theatrical distribution, domestic feature marketing,
and international offices of United International Pictures
(UIP).
Temporary Services - Universal Studios, Inc.
March -December 1996
A variety of long-term temporary positions in Universal's
feature film division offices of creative development,
national publicity, international marketing, as well
as assisting Universal Pictures' Vice-President and
President of Production.
Theatre Instructor (part-time), University of La Verne,
La Verne, CA
September 1991-December 1997
(Theatre History I and II, Script Writing, Speech Communication)
Duties include preparing and delivering lectures, assignment
and evaluation of written projects and class presentations,
examination and guidance of discussions concerning related
reading material for courses in script writing, theatre
history and speech communication. Served as Director
of International Theatre Workshop in Split, Croatia,
1996.
Graduate Instructor / Asst. Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN
August, 1993 - December, 1995
(Instructor of directing for theatre majors, directing
for non-theatre majors) Assistant to Department Chair,
teacher's aide in all graduate directing courses, elected
graduate representative to the faculty. Responsibilities
include lecturing, guiding and evaluating student work,
producing directing classes' final class projects for
public performance, and evaluating submitted scripts
for potential production. Also served as Associate Artistic
Director for Purdue Professional Summer Theatre.
Development/Production, Morrow-Heus Productions, Los
Angeles, CA
1989 - 1992
Duties included reading and evaluating submitted creative
materials, collaborating in the development of entertainment
properties from conception to production. Served as
principal assistant to producers for three network television
movies. Served as creative assistant to an Emmy®
and Oscar®-winning screenwriter.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Nominated for Maxwell Weinberg Showmanship Award, Publicists
Guild of America, 2002
Outstanding Production Award, Split International Theatre
Festival, Croatian National Theatre, 1996
Named to Phi Kappa Psi National Honor Society as outstanding
Graduate Student, 1996
American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement
Award for writing, 1987
A.S.C.A.P. Best New Musical Award (co-writer, composer),
A.C.T.F. national competition, 1987
Academic Achievement Awards, Departments of Theatre
and English, University of La Verne, 1987
Departmental Honors and Honors Graduate, Theatre and
English, University of La Verne, 1987
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