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Sean Sexton Cunningham (born December 31, 1941) is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s. Raised in Connecticut, Cunningham graduated from Franklin & Marshall College before earning an MFA from Stanford University.
Sean S. Cunningham is a filmmaker who directed Friday the 13th (1980) and The Last House on the Left (1972), among other horror and comedy films. He also produced many sequels and spin-offs of his works, as well as other projects such as House (1985) and Jason X (2001).
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Learn about the life and career of Sean S. Cunningham, the director of Friday the 13th (1980) and other horror films. Find out his family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- December 31, 1941
May 9, 1980 · Friday the 13th: Directed by Sean S. Cunningham. With Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan. A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
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- Sean S. Cunningham
- 1980-05-09
Terror-meister and master of the gory slasher thriller who began career as stage manager and actor before making his directorial debut with the pseudo-documentary porn film,...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit43%Rotten audience score. 52%Producer25%Rotten audience score. 47%Producer27%Rotten audience score. 15%Director42%Rotten audience score. 50%ProducerSean S. Cunningham is an American film director, producer, and writer, best known for creating the Friday the 13th series. TMDB provides his biography, filmography, awards, and trivia.
Sean Sexton Cunningham (born December 1, 1941) is an American film director, producer, and writer. Cunningham is known for creating the Friday the 13th franchise. Out of the 12 films in the series, the ones that had Sean's involvement were Friday the 13th, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday...
