After seeing Star Wars at a movie theater in 1977, Sean McKnight was bit by the movie bug. In 8th grade he made his first movie, a stop animation piece that was prompted by his art teacher as a class project and his venture into making movies began... Sean went on to form Cinema Alliance in the hopes of bringing together artists from different disciplines to create compelling movies and documentaries.

Prior to CA (and after his 8th grade debut) Sean worked  for a number of TV stations in different capacities ranging from camera work and master control to editing and graphics. His professional career expanded into working on national and regional television shows, producing national commercials for a record label as well as the development of 2 of his own music video shows. He later moved into creating experimental video pieces which were shown in various outlets including performances with his own band as well as public art events and art galleries in a number of cities.

His career includes shooting and producing commercials, PSAs, weddings, litigation videos, music videos, industrials, live events and corporate videos. He’s been involved in various movie projects since 1991 and has worked on several feature films, documentaries and over 50 short /experimental films.

Sean has other interests in the art and film communities...He is an accomplished musician and fire performer (fire breathing and fire dancing) and has been a regional contact for Burning Man. He has served as a board member of an arts center in Philadelphia called the Fortress of the Arts and acted as organizer of the Philadelphia Film Industry Meetup Group. Sean currently facilitates a producer’s group called The Philadelphia Producer’s Association. Additionally, his professional background includes numerous book and magazine credits contributing as a writer and working as a video instructor at several colleges.

Sean functions as producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor and motion graphics designer for the projects of Cinema Alliance. He is the company's president and has over 24 years of production experience.