Faculty
Film & Television
AMDA Faculty since: 2023
Sean Keller is WGA screenwriter with more than 20 years of professional experience writing horror, science-fiction, and thrillers for Blumhouse, Hulu, ABC, SyFy, Lionsgate and more. Keller has written for horror legends Dario Argento, John Carpenter, and Chelsea Stardust, and has written dialog for Academy Award winners Nicolas Cage, Anthony Hopkins, and Adrien Brody.
In addition to screenwriting, Keller is a professor a songwriter, and a working actor who got his start as "Roger" in the 1st National Tour of RENT.
As a songwriter, Keller wrote the book, lyrics & music for the Hollywood Fringe Fest hit Slashed! The Musical!, placed original songs in Abbott Elementary and the feature films Halloween Kills, Halloween ends, It's a Wonderful Knife, and many more. Keller is the also creator of the Killer Souds of Halloween album series and currently performs as one half of the alt-country duo Sun Season.