Sean Michael Turrell is a director of music videos and documentary television. He has directed videos for Canadian bands such as Billy Talent, Lights, Protest the Hero, Hedley, MSTRKRFT, Blue Rodeo, Great Lake Swimmers, Magneta Lane and Sum 41. He has also directed videos for Hawksley Workman, Michael Bublé, David Usher, Brendan Canning, Buck 65, Tegan and Sara and Good Charlotte.
He has been nominated for several MMVAs (Much Music Video Awards). His video for Billy Talent's "Try Honesty" won the 2004 Best Rock Video award at the MMVAs and "River Below" won the Best Video, and Best Rock Video awards at the 2005 MMVAs. His video for Hedley's "Cha-Ching" won Pop Video of the Year in 2010. He is also winner of a Juno Award for Best Video 2001 for Hawksley Workman's "Jealous of Your Cigarette". He has also made an appearance on MuchMusic's half-hour show Video On Trial as a juror, as well as an appearance on the 2006 VJ Search, and as a member of 90's art rocker band Misha Forke.
Sean's television direction includes the National Parks Project, Discovery Network's Invention Nation, Murder In Paradise, and Lifetime Network's two-hour documentary Colleen Stan: Girl In The Box.