SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM is one of the most successful independent filmmakers in the motion picture business. Winner of Fangoria Magazine’s "Lifetime Achievement" Award , Cunningham’s track record includes many provocative and successful movies including Wes Craven’s cult film The Last House on The Left; the horror classic Friday the 13th; A Stranger is Watching for MGM; Spring Break and New Kids for Columbia; Deep Star Six for Carolco/Tri Star; House, the highest ever grossing film for New World Pictures, and its sequels, House II: The Second Story and House III: The Horror Show; and Disney’s romantic comedy My Boyfriend’s Back. He also produced Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X.
Cunningham studied drama and film at Stanford, and then began his career managing theater companies before switching to film. Concurrent to Freddy vs. Jason, Cunningham produced and directed Extreme Close-Up, a thriller set in the world of reality television.