Sean Price Williams

Known for Camera

8/1/1977(Age 48)

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Biography

Sean Price Williams is an American cinematographer and film director. Williams is known for his work as a cinematographer, frequently collaborating with Alex Ross Perry and the Safdie Brothers. He made his directorial feature film debut with The Sweet East.

Known For (14 credits)

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The Sweet East

2023

A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities, and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

7.0

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Kim's Video

2023

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of rare films thanks to Kim's Video, a small empire run by Yongman Kim, an enigmatic character who amassed more than fifty thousand VHS tapes.

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Honky Kong

2021

A soul-battered New York chef begins unraveling during a trip to Hong Kong.

5.1

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Jobe'z World

2018

A rollerblading drug dealer runs into trouble when one of his customers dies.

The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

7.0

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The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

2017

Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series.

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Ophülsesque: The Look of Letter from an Unknown Woman

2017

Cinematographers Ben Kasulke and Sean Price Williams discuss their relationship to and the cinematography of Letter from an Unknown Woman. An extra on Olive Signature's Blu-Ray release of Letter from an Unknown Woman.

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Temporary Color

2016

A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.

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A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What

2015

The story behind the acclaimed film, "Heaven Knows What," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and inspired by the life of Arielle Holmes.

5.2

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Hellaware

2013

Aspiring but less than ambitious photographer Nate clumsily navigates the New York City art world in a post-grad haze, waiting for his breakthrough project to fall into his lap. During a drug-fueled wormhole through the annals of YouTube, Nate discovers his next subjects when an arbitrary click lands him on a crude music video by the Young Torture Killaz—an Insane Clown Posse knock-off group of jaded Delaware teens with a lot to scream about—and the inspiration (and exploitation) flows

4.3

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Silver Bullets

2011

An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.

5.0

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Happy Life

2011

New York Tunez, an all techno record store, is going under. The owner, Keith, a down and out trance DJ, struggles to cope with the changing cultural climate. In a final effort to save the store he organizes a rave. Unfortunately, 2009 is a far cry from the early '90's.

6.8

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Daddy Longlegs

2010

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.