Sean Patrick O’Reilly is a Canadian writer, director, producer and voice actor. He is the owner and operator of Arcana Studio, a comic book company and animation studio located in British Columbia, Canada.Vancouver Sun: Arcana Studio draws on a dream 10 June 2006 He is considered to be one of the most prolific independent comic book writers in Canada, with his works having been published in eleven countries and in numerous different languages.
Career O’Reilly has completed two degrees and a Masters, and teaches college level courses in VancouverGeorgia Straight: Free Comics Boost the Luck of O'Reilly 30 June 2004 and the UCLA,UCLA Writing Instructors in addition to being a Mentor and Scriptwriting consultant for Telefilm.Telefilm Mentors
Notable graphic novels include Kade, which has gone on to be one of Arcana's top selling books, and has been published in numerous countries including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Croatia and Poland. The first series by O’Reilly, Original Sun, came out in 2005, followed by Sun of Perdition in 2007, August 29, 2006 Shiva's Sun (2008), Rising Sun (2009), Red Sun (2010) and Prodigal Sun (2011). Kade In 2007, O'Reilly wrote The Clockwork Girl with co-creator Kevin Hanna. The steampunk fairytale went on to win the gold medal in the Moonbeam Awards.Moonbeam Awards February, 2010 He followed up the success of The Clockwork Girl with The Gwaii after being inspired by Haida Gwaii. From 2011 to 2012, Sean O’Reilly wrote a book series called Mighty Mighty Monsters through Capstone Publishers. 3 April 2011 O’Reilly would later adapt the book series into three 44-minute animated specials of the same name.
Animation career O'Reilly created Arcana Studio's animation division in 2012. The studio's animated projects are based on the graphic novels within their library. The animation division's first project was the animated feature The Clockwork Girl, based on the graphic novel, followed by a 13 episode mini-series of Kagagi: The Raven, which aired on APTN in September 2014. This was followed up by the animated feature Pixies in 2015, which included voice actors Christopher Plummer, Bill Paxton and Alexa Vega. O'Reilly wrote, directed and produced Pixies, and also voices the main protagonist, Joe Beck.
In 2016, Sean wrote, directed and produced, Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen Kingdom, the first in the three part trilogy. It is the first animated film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's work. The series was based on the graphic novel series written by Bruce Brown and published by Arcana.
In 2018, O'Reilly directed three animated features The Steam Engines of Oz, The Legend of Hallowaiian, and Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness.
Sean O'Reilly is a producer for all of the animated projects produced by Arcana and has written and directed a majority of the projects.
Personal life O’Reilly resides in Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his wife, Michelle, and their four children.
Comic book credits Clockwork Girl – co-creator/writerComic Book Resources: Clockwork Girl – Arcana's High-Tech "Romeo & Juliet 30 May 2007 Dragon's Lair – editor Ezra – creator/writer/concept art Final Destination – editor The Gwaii – creator/writer/concept art Kade – creator/writer/concept art Kiss – Kompendium editor (through HarperCollins) Pixies – creator/write Paradox – editor Se7en – writer/editor The Steam Engines of Oz – creator/writer
TV credits HBOs Entourage (Season 2, Episode 9) – set design and Angel Quest concept art Kagagi: The Raven – director, producer USAs Psych (Season 1, Episode 8) – set design and Green Spirit concept art Spike TVs Red Lotus – producer, concept development and animation
Video game credits Capcom's Rockemen (writing and development) Disney Interactive's Turok (concept development and comic books)
Movie credits A Dangerous Man (Paramount Pictures) – producer Beatdown (Lions Gate Entertainment) – producer and writer Circle of Pain (Lions Gate Entertainment) – producer and writer Clockwork Girl – producer Corrective Measures – director, writer and producer Dancing Ninja – animation director Go Fish – writer, director, and producer Heroes of the Golden Masks – director and producer Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom – director, writer and producer Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness – director, writer and producer Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom – director, writer and producer The Legend of Hallowaiian – director, executive producer Paradox – producer Pixies – director, writer and producer The Steam Engines of Oz – director, writer and producer Playdate - producer
Filmography Year Title RoleNotesSource2015PixiesJoe Beck (voice) 2016Red Sonja: Queen of PlaguesTevius / Brother 2 (voice) Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen KingdomSpot / Cthulhu (voice) 2017Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom 2018The Steam Engines of OzHeflin (voice) The Legend of HallowaiianMr. Griffith / Menehune (voice) Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Spot / Cthulhu (voice) Direct-to-video 2019 Go Fish Alex (voice) 2023 Heroes of the Golden Masks Thurman (voice)
Selected awards Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40 (2008) Author and co-creator of The Clockwork Girl, winner of the Moonbeam Award for Top Children's Graphic Novel (2008) Foreword Magazine's recognition as one of the top Graphic Novels & Comics for The Clockwork Girl (2008), presented at Book Expo America Author of The Gwaii, winner of the Moonbeam Award for Top Children's Graphic Novel (2009)
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