Sean O'Neill (actor)

Sean O'Neill (born January 21, 1985, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian producer and television personality. From 2015 to 2017, O'Neill was the host of the CBC Television art challenge show Crash Gallery,[1][2] and in 2018 he co-created the CBC Television documentary series In the Making, which he executive produced and hosted.[3]

He is the former director of public programs and partnerships at the Art Gallery of Ontario,[1][4] where he developed projects including First Thursdays and AGO Creative Minds at Massey Hall.[5][6]

O'Neill was an actor as a child, and appeared in various Canadian film and television productions including Baby Blues, Never Cry Werewolf and Degrassi: The Next Generation.[7]

In 2020 O'Neill created an arts focussed production company Visitor Media and in association with the National Ballet of Canada produced the documentary Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2022.[8]

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  2. ^ "2017-18 Canadian TV season renewal scorecard". TV, eh?. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. ^ "CBC arts show In The Making demystifies the genius artist". Now, September 18, 2018.
  4. ^ BusinessftArts (2017-02-10), Sean O'Neill: EMERGING LEADERSHIP PRACTICES: A CAS Panel Discussion, retrieved 2018-05-30 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "First Thursdays attracting younger audience to AGO". Toronto Star, October 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Canadian vocal star Measha Brueggergosman joins dynamic AGO Creative Minds line-up | AGO Art Gallery of Ontario". www.ago.net. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  7. ^ "Sean O'Neill". Northernstars.ca : The Canadian Movie Database. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  8. ^ Smith, Janet (October 1, 2022). "Stir Q&A: Director Chelsea McMullan discovers new ways to shoot dance for Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas, at VIFF 2022". Stir.