Program Leader
Sean Cousins, Program Leader Screen and Media at Collarts - studied at Swinburne Film School (VCA), LaTrobe University and UCLA. He has accumulated almost 100 hours of broadcast credits over 20 years travelling and making films for Nat Geo, Animal Planet, BBC, ABC, SBS, Fox 8, History Channel, Network Ten and many others.
Sean has experience as a script editor, writer, director, producer and executive producer. His work has won numerous awards. Before moving into education full-time Sean ran a mentoring program called Filmmaker Abroad which took aspiring filmmakers to remote and exotic places to make films.
The opportunity to build a new degree in Screen and Media, attracted Sean from SAE where he supervised the Capstone (graduating) students and lectured in documentary for four years. In addition to filmmaking Sean plays music and is a keen cyclist and sailor.
Email: scousins@collarts.edu.au