Sean Durkin
Sean Durkin
Sean Durkinis a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Martha Marcy May Marlene. His short film, Mary Last Seen, on the same theme as Martha, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. In 2013 Durkin directed the Channel 4 drama series Southcliffe starring Sean Harris and Rory Kinnear...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 December 1981
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Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.
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You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.
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When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.
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When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.
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Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.
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We expected huge things out of her this year and it's really fitting that she's getting to exit high school basketball on the big stage. This is something she deserves.
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When it got into crunch time, our two big kids made several key free throws and it staved them off.
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She's the best I've ever coached. I've seen a lot of great players not only from this area, but around the state and she's the best that I've ever seen.
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She walked into our gym as a thin, kind of spindly girl, but worked in the weight room and became a dynamic player.
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She's just made herself into an unbelievable player. The younger kids really look up to her and are trying to follow her lead.
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She can do so much on the floor. She can beat you in so many different ways. She's just an incredible person to watch.
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She has enviable physical gifts and worked her skills to a level I haven't seen. There's not a physical tool she lacks.
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She's able to do more than we're asking her to do. We're trying to be cautious. Tonight, we opened a big lead and we didn't want to risk anything.
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Playing in that venue for the first time, you're only human if you're a little bit in awe. It's a tremendous venue and the kids are excited just to be there.