Represented talent
Sean M. Valdo
Stunt Performer · Director · Writer
Milan-trained actor, stunt performer and filmmaker, and the award-winning co-writer and co-director of Beyond the Mind and producer of Barrage.
Biography
Actor, stunt performer and filmmaker
Sean M. Valdo is an actor, stunt performer, author and director. After early work in theatre he studied acting and directing at Accademia 09 in Milan from 2017 to 2019, training in the Stanislavski and Strasberg methods with Lola Cohen of New York’s acting studios, alongside master classes in the Chubbuck technique. He trained as a stunt performer in Milan in parallel.
His stunt work includes the features Profeti, Dakota and Spin Me Round, where he was assistant stunt coordinator, as well as music videos and shorts. As a filmmaker he co-directed and co-wrote the shorts The Forest and Whisper, and wrote and directed The Fear of Day (2025).
His screenplays and films have earned 5 wins and 13 nominations, including Best Short Screenplay at the New York Screenwriting Awards for Beyond the Mind and Best Action Feature at the Sci-Fi Horror & Action Film Festival for Barrage, on which he was producer, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer.
Representation: Nuala Quinn-Barton (@nualaqb), The Film Co-Operative
Filmography
Selected credits
- Post-production · ActionProducer · Stunt Coordinator · Fight Choreographer · Editor
- CompletedCo-director · Writer · Executive Producer · Editor
- The Fear of Day (2025)FilmDirector · Writer
- Profeti (2023)FilmStunt Performer
- Dakota (2022)FilmStunts
- Spin Me Round (2022)Film · ComedyAssistant Stunt Coordinator
- The Vigilante (2022)ShortStunt Performer
- Music VideoAssistant Stunt Coordinator
- ShortCo-director
- Scherzi a parte (2021)TV SeriesSelf, mechanical stunt (1 episode)
- The Forest (2020)ShortCo-director · Co-writer · Executive Producer · Editor
- Whisper (2020)ShortCo-director · Co-writer · Executive Producer · Editor
Recognition
Awards
Sean’s films and screenplays have earned 5 wins and 13 nominations at festivals and screenplay competitions.
- Winner · 2026Sci-Fi Horror & Action Film FestivalBest of Festival, Best Action Feature · Barrage
- Winner · 2024Bangkok Movie AwardsOctober Award, Short Script · Barrage
- Winner · 2023New York Screenwriting AwardsBest Short Screenplay · Beyond the Mind
- Winner · 2023Poombukar Independent Film FestivalBest Feature Script · Beyond the Mind
- 2nd Place · 2026WSXA International Film AwardsBest Short Film · Barrage
- 2nd Place · 2025Pitch Now Screenplay CompetitionBest Screenplay · Barrage
- 2nd Place · 2023Reno-Tahoe Screenplay ContestBest Short Script · Beyond the Mind
- 3rd Place · 2024Short-FilmzBest Short Screenplay · Beyond the Mind
Also nominated at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Austin Action Fest, the Thriller/Suspense Film & Writing Festival, Barcelona Indie Awards, Kraken International Film Festival and Panther City Film Festival for Barrage, and at Festival Angaelica for The Fear of Day.