# Sean McNamara

Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.
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. 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)
* Bau: Artist at War (2025)
* 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. He's the godfather of actress Christy Carlson Romano.

## Awards and nominations

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