Sean McNamara
McNamara in 2007
Born	Sean Patrick Michael McNamara ( 1962-05-09 ) May 9, 1962 (age 62) Burbank, California , U.S.
Occupations	Director producer actor screenwriter
Years active	1984?present
Known for	Soul Surfer The Miracle Season
Spouse	Christina Lambert

Sean Patrick Michael McNamara ^[1] (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter.

McNamara was born in Burbank , California. He is best known for his feature films Soul Surfer and The Miracle Season . In the pre-teen film market he worked with Jessica Alba , Hilary Duff , Shia LaBeouf , Christy Carlson Romano and Raven-Symone . McNamara and David Brookwell are the founders of the Brookwell McNamara Entertainment production company. McNamara has continued to produce and create shows for MTV , The N , Nickelodeon , Disney Channel , and Cartoon Network . He collaborated with Shin Sang-ok to make Galgameth and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain , starring Hulk Hogan .

McNamara briefly appeared as the singing cowboy in the Even Stevens musical episode "Influenza: The Musical", and as an alleged alien abductee in the episode "Close Encounters of the Beans Kind". McNamara also had a cameo appearance on That's So Raven , appearing as a plumber in the episode "Out of Control".

In 2016, McNamara was hired to direct the upcoming biopic of President Ronald Reagan titled Reagan . ^[2]

Filmography [ edit ]

Films [ edit ]

• Hollywood Chaos (1989)
• Galgameth (1996)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
• Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
• 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
• P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
• Treehouse Hostage (1999)
• Race to Space (2001)
• The Even Stevens Movie (2003)
• Raise Your Voice (2004)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• Bratz (2007)
• Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2009)
• Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)
• The Suite Life Movie (2011)
• Soul Surfer (director) (2011)
• Robosapien: Rebooted (2013)
• Space Warriors (2013)
• Field of Lost Shoes (2014)
• Spare Parts (2015)
• Aliens Ate My Homework (2018)
• The Miracle Season (2018)
• Mighty Oak (2020)
• Aliens Stole My Body (2020)
• Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! (2020)
• Sister Swap (2021)
• The King's Daughter (2022)
• On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)
• Reagan (2024) ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• On Fire (TBA)

Television [ edit ]

• Kids Incorporated (producer) (1984)
• The Secret World of Alex Mack (producer, director) (1994)
• Even Stevens (executive producer, director) (2000?2003)
• That's So Raven (executive producer, director) (2003?2006)
• Just for Kicks (executive producer, director) (2006)
• Beyond the Break (executive producer, director) (2006?2009)
• Cake (executive producer, director) (2006)
• Dance Revolution (executive producer, director) (2006?2007)
• Out of Jimmy's Head (2007?2008) (executive producer - 19 episodes)
• Zeke and Luther (director) (2009)
• Shake It Up (director) (2011)
• Kickin' It (director) (2011?2012)
• Jessie (director) (2012)
• A.N.T. Farm (director) (2012)
• Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (director) (2019)

Personal life [ edit ]

McNamara is Catholic. ^[5] He's the godfather of actress Christy Carlson Romano . ^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and nominations [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Sean McNamara's Official Homepage
• Sean McNamara at IMDb
• Sean McNamara's Bio
• Brookwell/McNamara Entertainment