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Sean Petrilak is a Los Angeles native, raised in the animation industry. He now lives in Los Angeles, working in the animation industry. Go figure. What sets him apart is his ability to take high-concept ideas and translate them into entertaining pieces that can actually work in a film or on-stage.

Sean has worked for Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Titimouse, Disney, and Film Roman. His client list includes top talent in the music industry, major network studio producers, and film producers for every kind of content.

He lives with his wife, two boys, two dogs, two tortoises, who knows how many koi fish, and way too many hobbies.

Work History

While I enjoy the variety, I have certain strengths in storytelling- comedy, action, musical sequences, dance, and fight choreography. Please reach out if you would like to for more specific examples in a particular category.

Warner Bros.(2/20-Present)

Scooby Doo Mystery Pups- Supervising Director of Shorts, Episodic Director

Little Ellen – Supervising Director

Live Action Storyboard Work(05/08-Present)

I have storyboarded a variety of projects; mostly music videos, concerts, TV show title sequences, and commercials. I have done projects for Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Glenn Danzig, P Diddy, Roland Music products, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, toy companies, and independent film companies.  I also storyboard full-length features, short films, and pitch packages for potential shows. Many of these projects, I have also designed, illustrated, shot, directed, and edited. 

REACH Mentor for 2020 and 2021, as well as the keynote speaker of the closing ceremony of Reach program 2021.

Professor at San Jose State University(2018 & 2022)

Disney TVA(2/19-2/20)

Monsters at Work – Story Artist

Big Hero 6- Story Artist

Development work- Story Artist

Warner Bros.(08/14-12/18)

Wacky Races- Director: Included writing, editing, retakes, music direction, ADR, color correction, and mix

Wabbit/New Looney Tunes- Director: Included writing, producing, voice direction, retakes, and ADR

Right Now Kapow(Disney XD)- Director: Included creating storyboard pipeline and editing

Titmouse(09/13-08/14)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja(Disney XD)- Director

Disneytoon Studios(06/13-09/13)

“Tinker Academy” movie(Tink 7)- Storyboard Artist

Film Roman(01/11-07/11)

Ultimate Spiderman- Freelance Storyboard Artist

Nickelodeon(11/09-05/13)

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness- Storyboard artist

Pilots/short films/development work- Director

Electronic Arts (9/07-5/08)

Dead Space- Prop design

Godfather II- Storyboards, Environment, Character Design

Dante’s Inferno- Gameplay design