Sean McNamara

For the fictional character on the television series Nip/Tuck, see Nip/Tuck.

Sean Patrick Michael McNamara^[1] (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.

Sean McNamara
McNamara in 2007
Born	Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (1962-05-09) May 9, 1962 (age 62) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupations	Director producer actor screenwriter
Years active	1984–present
Known for	Soul Surfer The Miracle Season
Website	seanmcnamara.com

McNamara was born in Burbank, California. He is best known for his feature films Soul Surfer and The Miracle Season. In the pre-teen film market he worked with Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano and Raven-Symoné. McNamara and David Brookwell are the founders of the Brookwell McNamara Entertainment production company. McNamara has continued to produce and create shows for MTV, The N, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network. He collaborated with Shin Sang-ok to make Galgameth and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, starring Hulk Hogan.

McNamara briefly appeared as the singing cowboy in the Even Stevens musical episode "Influenza: The Musical", and as an alleged alien abductee in the episode "Close Encounters of the Beans Kind". McNamara also had a cameo appearance on That's So Raven, appearing as a plumber in the episode "Out of Control".

In 2016, McNamara was hired to direct the biopic of President Ronald Reagan titled Reagan.^[2] The film was released in 2024.

Filmography

Films

• Hollywood Chaos (1989)
• Galgameth (1996)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
• Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
• 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
• P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
• Treehouse Hostage (1999)
• Race to Space (2001)
• The Even Stevens Movie (2003)
• Raise Your Voice (2004)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• Bratz (2007)
• Into the Blue 2: The Reef (producer) (2009)
• Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (producer) (2009)
• The Suite Life Movie (2011)
• Soul Surfer (2011)
• Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels (2013)
• Robosapien: Rebooted (2013)
• Space Warriors (2013)
• Field of Lost Shoes (2014)
• Spare Parts (2015)
• Aliens Ate My Homework (2018)
• The Miracle Season (2018)
• Mighty Oak (2020)
• Aliens Stole My Body (2020)
• Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! (2020)
• Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday (2021)
• Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021)
• The King's Daughter (2022)
• Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)
• Vindicta (2023)
• On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)
• Reagan (2024)^[2][3][4]
• On Fire (TBA)

Television

• Kids Incorporated (producer) (1984)
• The Secret World of Alex Mack (producer, director) (1994)
• Even Stevens (executive producer, director) (2000–2003)
• That's So Raven (executive producer, director) (2003–2006)
• Just for Kicks (executive producer, director) (2006)
• Beyond the Break (executive producer, director) (2006–2009)
• Cake (executive producer, director) (2006)
• Dance Revolution (executive producer, director) (2006–2007)
• Out of Jimmy's Head (2007–2008) (executive producer - 19 episodes)
• Zeke and Luther (director) (2009)
• Shake It Up (director) (2011)
• Kickin' It (director) (2011–2012)
• Jessie (director) (2012)
• A.N.T. Farm (director) (2012)
• Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (director) (2019)

Personal life

McNamara is Catholic.^[5] He's the godfather of actress Christy Carlson Romano.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	That's So Raven	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program	Nominated	[6]
2022	The King's Daughter	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture	Nominated	[7]

References

1. Interviews: Sean McNamara – Christianity Today Movies
2. "Ronald Reagan Biopic Draws 'Soul Surfer' Director Sean McNamara". Variety. August 23, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
3. "Dennis Quaid is playing Ronald Reagan in a biopic, confirms director Sean McNamara - Metro US". March 27, 2018.
4. Huff, Lauren (January 22, 2021). "Reagan star Dennis Quaid on the challenges and 'honor' of bringing 40th President to the screen". Entertainment Weekly.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
5. Usselmann, Sister Nancy; FSP (May 24, 2021). "Catholics in Hollywood | Franciscan Media". www.franciscanmedia.org. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
6. "Outstanding Childrens Program Nominees / Winners 2005". Television Academy. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
7. "RAZZ NEWZ". The Razzies!. Retrieved May 14, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Sean McNamara at IMDb
• Sean McNamara's bio
• Brookwell/McNamara Entertainment