Sean McNamara (filmmaker)
Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. McNamara was born in Burbank, California. He is best known for his feature film "Soul Surfer", "The Miracle Season", and in the pre-teen film market, having 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's The N, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network. He collaborated with Shin Sang -ok to make "Galgameth" and "", 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 upcoming 2022 biopic of President Ronald Reagan titled "Reagan". Personal life. McNamara is Catholic.