Sean Tiedeman
Encyclopedia
Sean Tiedeman is an American
film director
, producer
, musician
, and actor
.
and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
. Tiedeman formed [K] Studios
in 1997 with his college classmate, Scott Krycia
. In May 2005, The Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal named Tiedeman in the top 20 of the region's business leaders under the age of 40.
is brought to justice by his victims and burned alive on what is now known as Hell's Half Acre. Years later, a faceless killer begins slaughtering the townspeople. Losing her friends and family, Nicole Becker (Tesia Nicoli) decides to go after the killer with all she's got. Double machetes, shotguns, dual handguns, and even a chain gun
are all part of this killer's arsenal. Needless to say, it's gonna be messy.
.
80's Arcade also received airplay on Manic Mondays hosted by Tom "Devo Spice" Rockwell of the comedy rap trio, Sudden Death
and became the #3 most requested new song of 2005 on Captain Wayne's Mad Music Hour.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Biography
Tiedeman was raised in Phillipsburg, New JerseyPhillipsburg, New Jersey
Phillipsburg, known locally as P'burg, is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 14,950....
and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College
Northampton Community College
Northampton Community College is a community college in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, USA, just outside the city of Bethlehem. The college, founded in 1967, also has a second campus in Pocono Township in neighboring Monroe County...
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
. Tiedeman formed [K] Studios
K Studios
K Studios is an entertainment multimedia production company founded in 1993 by filmmakers Sean Tiedeman & Scott Krycia...
in 1997 with his college classmate, Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia is an American film director, producer, actor, and photographer.- Biography :Krycia was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Krycia formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
. In May 2005, The Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal named Tiedeman in the top 20 of the region's business leaders under the age of 40.
Hell's Half Acre (2006)
A serial killerSerial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
is brought to justice by his victims and burned alive on what is now known as Hell's Half Acre. Years later, a faceless killer begins slaughtering the townspeople. Losing her friends and family, Nicole Becker (Tesia Nicoli) decides to go after the killer with all she's got. Double machetes, shotguns, dual handguns, and even a chain gun
Chain gun
A chain gun is a type of machine gun or autocannon that uses an external source of power, rather than diverting energy from the cartridge, to cycle the weapon, and does so via a continuous loop of chain similar to that used on a motorcycle or bicycle. "Chain gun" is a registered trademark of...
are all part of this killer's arsenal. Needless to say, it's gonna be messy.
Producer
- Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night CleaverGingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night CleaverGingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver is a 2011 American horror film by Full Moon Features and is the third installment in The Gingerdead Man series. It is set to be released on September 13, 2011 after many filming delays by director Charles Band...
(2011) - Executive Producer/Echo Bridge Home Entertainment - Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1 (2011) - Co-Executive Producer
- China: The Rebirth of an EmpireChina: The Rebirth of an EmpireChina: The Rebirth of an Empire is a 2010 American documentary film directed by brothers Jesse and Jeremy Veverka that was released in 2010. The film examines China's economic and political rise in the context of its relationship with its neighbors and a declining United States. The film won the...
(2010) - Associate Producer/Veverka Bros. Productions - EavesdropEavesdrop (film)-Plot:The film is centered on an old world Manhattan cafe during a busy brunch shift. A number of patrons populate the cafe, with patrons at each table representing a different genre of film, such as romantic comedy and tragedy...
(2008) - Associate Producer/Shoreline EntertainmentShoreline EntertainmentShoreline Entertainment is one of the longest running production companies and international sales agencies. The company was founded in 1992 by CEO and film producer Morris Ruskin....
/Osiris Entertainment - Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the CrustGingerdead Man 2: Passion of the CrustGingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is a 2008 horror-comedy film written and directed by Silvia St. Croix. The film is a sequel to the 2005 release of The Gingerdead Man...
(2008) - 'Honorary' Executive Producer/Full Moon FeaturesFull Moon FeaturesFull Moon Features is a motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series Puppet Master and Subspecies, as well as the innovative VideoZone featurette at the end of films through 1989 to 2000.-Full Moon... - Hell's Half Acre (2006) - Producer/blackplague films
- Evil BongEvil BongEvil Bong is a 2006 horror/comedy film directed by Charles Band about a group of college stoners who smoke a bong unaware that the bong transports the smoker into a surreal world where strippers with teeth-like bras attack them. The ending features an extended cameo by Tommy Chong, of Cheech &...
(2006) - Associate Producer/Full Moon FeaturesFull Moon FeaturesFull Moon Features is a motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series Puppet Master and Subspecies, as well as the innovative VideoZone featurette at the end of films through 1989 to 2000.-Full Moon... - Everything's JakeEverything's JakeEverything's Jake is a 2000 drama film distributed by Warner Bros. The movie marks the feature writing and directorial debut of Matthew Miele along with his producing/writing partner, Chris Fetchko.-Plot:...
(2000) - Associate Producer/Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
Director
- Hell's Half Acre (2006) - Blackplague Films
- The Stage (2003-Current) - A Telly Award winning regional television program airing on Service ElectricService ElectricService Electric Cable TV, Inc. is a cable television company serving eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Through three affiliates, the company operates systems in the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes-Barre , Kutztown, Hazleton, Sunbury, Mahanoy City and Bloomsburg , and Sparta, New Jersey...
Cable TV and Blue Ridge CommunicationsBlue Ridge CommunicationsBlue Ridge Communications is a regional cable television, Internet and VoIP provider that serves much of the Poconos area and central Pennsylvania. Products available include analog and digital cable television, HD television programming, PenTeleData Broadband Internet service, and Blue Ridge...
.
Actor
- Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2008) - Popcorn Clerk/Look Out Clown/Anchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,...
- Red Lips (1995) - Directed by Donald FarmerDonald FarmerDonald Farmer is an American film director, actor, screenwriter and reality television show participant. He is best known for his role on the 2009 VH1 reality series Megan Wants a Millionaire...
Camera & Electrical Department
- 100 Scariest Movie Moments100 Scariest Movie MomentsThe 100 Scariest Movie Moments is a television documentary miniseries that first aired in late October 2004 on Bravo. Aired in five 60-minute segments, the miniseries counts down what producer Anthony Timpone, writer Patrick Moses, and director Kevin Kaufman have determined as the 100 most...
(2004) - Camera Operator: interview segments/Bravo (US TV channel) - Malevolence: BereavementBereavement (film)Bereavement is a 2010 American Slasher film starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, John Savage and Nolan Gerard Funk. It is a prequel to director Steven Mena's previous film Malevolence, and centers on a child who is abducted and forced to bear witness to a madman's crimes.-Plot:The film...
(2010) - GripGrip (job)In the U.S. and Canada, grips are lighting and rigging technicians in the filmmaking and video production industries. They constitute their own department on a film set and are directed by a key grip. Grips have two main functions...
& Electric Swing - Malevolence: BereavementBereavement (film)Bereavement is a 2010 American Slasher film starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, John Savage and Nolan Gerard Funk. It is a prequel to director Steven Mena's previous film Malevolence, and centers on a child who is abducted and forced to bear witness to a madman's crimes.-Plot:The film...
(2010) - VideoVideoVideo is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
Production Services
- The Making of Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2008) - Camera and Post-Production/Anchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,...
- EavesdropEavesdrop (film)-Plot:The film is centered on an old world Manhattan cafe during a busy brunch shift. A number of patrons populate the cafe, with patrons at each table representing a different genre of film, such as romantic comedy and tragedy...
: A Conversation with WriterWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
/Director Matthew Miele (2008) - Camera and Post-Production
Miscellaneous Crew
- Malevolence: BereavementBereavement (film)Bereavement is a 2010 American Slasher film starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, John Savage and Nolan Gerard Funk. It is a prequel to director Steven Mena's previous film Malevolence, and centers on a child who is abducted and forced to bear witness to a madman's crimes.-Plot:The film...
(2010) - set dresserSet dresser-In Film:Set dressers arrange objects on a film set before shooting. They work under the direction of a leadman, a set decorator and a production designer. Set dressers place furniture, hang pictures, and put out decorative items. They are also responsible for some light construction and assembly...
: second unitSecond unitIn film, the second unit is a team that shoots subsidiary footage for a motion picture. Its work is distinct from that of the first unit, which shoots all scenes involving principal actors...
Special Thanks
- GraceGrace (film)Grace is a 2009 film written and directed by Paul Solet. It is based on the 2006 short film with the same title that featured Liza Weil and Brian Austin Green. The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version....
: Delivered (2009) - Anchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay EntertainmentAnchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,... - Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1 (2009)
- Evil BongEvil BongEvil Bong is a 2006 horror/comedy film directed by Charles Band about a group of college stoners who smoke a bong unaware that the bong transports the smoker into a surreal world where strippers with teeth-like bras attack them. The ending features an extended cameo by Tommy Chong, of Cheech &...
- Full Moon FeaturesFull Moon FeaturesFull Moon Features is a motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series Puppet Master and Subspecies, as well as the innovative VideoZone featurette at the end of films through 1989 to 2000.-Full Moon...
(2006)
Music
Tiedeman writes, records, and performs novelty songs under the stage name of Irish Elvis. His song, 80's Arcade, has aired on several syndicated radio shows including Dr. DementoDr. Demento
Barret Eugene Hansen , better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present....
.
80's Arcade also received airplay on Manic Mondays hosted by Tom "Devo Spice" Rockwell of the comedy rap trio, Sudden Death
Sudden Death (music)
Sudden Death is a comedy rap trio from Hardyston, New Jersey consisting of members Tom Rockwell , Steve Fernino , and Thom Uliasz .They formed in 1986 and started releasing their music in 1991....
and became the #3 most requested new song of 2005 on Captain Wayne's Mad Music Hour.
External links
- K Studios Official Site
- Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal Profile
- The Morning Call UNREELING A NEW ARTS VENUE
- 2005 Making It Big! NCC magazine article
- Beyond The Gray: From a Childhood Dream to the Big Screen
- Hell's Half Acre Official Web Page
- Hell's Half Acre Official Myspace Page
- THE ALLENTOWN TIMES Cover Story on Hell's Half Acre
- Hell's Half Acre review from SYNERGY MAGAZINE
- Eavesdrop Official Web Page
- Everything's Jake Official Movie Site
- Brutal Massacre: A Comedy Official Web Page
- POCONO RECORD Hell's Half Acre/Sherman Theater article