Sean McKnight

Sean McKnight formed Cinema Alliance in the hopes of bringing together artists from different disciplines to create compelling movies and documentaries. After seeing Star Wars, Sean was bit by the movie bug in 8th grade when he made his first movie, a stop animation piece that was prompted by his art teacher as a class project.

From there, he went on to work 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 TV shows, producing national commercials for a record label as well as development of 2 of his own music TV 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 in a number of cities.

Sean functions as producer, director, cinematographer, editor, motion graphic designer and sound engineer for the projects of Cinema Alliance. He is also the company's CEO.

Sean has other interests in the art community...He is a fire performer (fire breathing and fire dancing) and has also been a regional contact for Burning Man. Currently, he is a board member of a new arts center in Philadelphia called the Fortress of the Arts. Sean also heads up the Philadelphia Film Industry Meetup Group which has over 1,000 members and growing.

Sean can be emailed at: sean@cinema-alliance.com

Sean firebreathing on South Street in Philadelphia
as part of the Day of the Dead Festival