‘The Sweet East’ Director Sean Price Williams on Politics, Unions and the Film Establishment

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‘The Sweet East’ Director Sean Price Williams on Politics, Unions and the Film Establishment
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“I never really wanted to be a cinematographer,” says Sean Price Williams, who has nevertheless shot nearly 60 indie features, some 50 shorts and seven series since 1999. “I didn’t even know …

Sean Price Williams

Why the wait? “I wasn’t putting it off,” he says. “I just didn’t think anybody would ever give me money to do it.” Through his longtime collaborator and “Sweet” producer Alex Ross Perry’s agency connections, they enlisted stars like Jacob Elordi and Talia Ryder to secure financing. His adventure comedy follows a South Carolina high school senior who breaks away from a class trip to start her own journey.

Delaware-born, Maryland-raised Williams, who’s filmed indies for the Safdie brothers , Michael Almereyda and many first-time directors, dropped out of college and “learned everything just by doing it and being on set.” He worked at Kim’s Video in New York City’s East Village, where he met “Sweet” screenwriter Nick Pinkerton, and apprenticed with documentarian Albert Maysles.

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