Sean Pope

Partner





  • Profile
  • Select Projects
  • Speaking Engagements
  • Credentials

Sean Pope works with producers and production companies focusing on all aspects of production legal services from development to distribution, with a particular focus towards documentaries and docu-series.  

 

Pope serves as counsel for Emmy award-winning companies Boardwalk Pictures (“America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” “Chef’s Table,” "Welcome to Wrexham," "Last Chance U") and Campfire Studios (“The Menendez Brothers,” "The Money Game"), servicing shows such as “Cheer,” "The Later Daters," and “Encounters.” He also represents production companies such as Image Nation ("Watcher," “Late Night with the Devil”) and The Solution Entertainment Group (“Werewolves,” "Blacklight," “Killerman,” “Line of Duty,” “Honest Thief”), and he recently provided representation in various facets for financiers, talent and production on the 2025 Sundance premieres “Bubble & Squeak,” “April & Amanda,” and “Oh, Hi!.” 

 

Pope enjoys being a part of teams that elevate unconventional stories, and he delights in sharing his experience with young producers, writers and lawyers when he has the opportunity.

Documentaries and Docu-Series


  • Boardwalk Pictures
  • "Freediver," 2024 
  • "The Later Daters," 2024 
  • "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders," 2024     
  • "Encounters," 2023      
  • "The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball," 2022 
  • "Accepted," 2021 Tribeca 
  • "Last Chance U: Basketball," 2021-Present
  • "My Love," 2021
  • "Accepted," 2021 Tribeca
  • "Cheer," 2020 Emmy winner
  • "We Are Freestyle Love Supreme," 2020 Sundance
  • "The Black Godfather," 2020 Emmy nominee
  • "The Playbook," 2020
  • "BookTube," 2019-2021
  • "Jenny Slate: Stage Fright," 2019
  • "Best Shot," 2018
  • Campfire
  • "The Menendez Brothers," 2024     
  • "The Money Game," 2024 
  • "TikTok, Boom.," 2022
  • "The Innocent Man," 2018
  • Other:
  • "Descendant," 2022 Sundance
  • "Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power," 2022 Sundance
  • "Don’t Make Me Over," TIFF 2021
  • "Tirdy Works," 2020
  • "The Secret Life of Lele Pons," 2020
  • "Halston," 2019 Sundance

Feature Films

  • "Sacramento," 2024 Tribeca
  • "The Adults,” 2023 Tribeca
  • “Eric LaRue,” 2023 Tribeca
  • “The Secret Art of Human Flight,” 2023 Tribeca
  • "A Thousand and One,” 2023 Sundance
  • "Sanctuary," 2022 TIFF
  • "V/HS/99," 2022 TIFF
  • “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” 2022 Sundance
  • "Watcher," 2022 Sundance
  • "Offseason," 2021 SXSW
  • "I’m No Longer Here," 2021 DGA nominee, Mexico’s submission for 2021 Best International Feature at the Academy Awards
  • "Initiation" (f/k/a “Dembanger”), 2020 SXSW
  • "Minyan," 2020 Berlin
  • "A Nice Girl Like You," 2020
  • "Honest Thief," 2020, with Liam Neeson
  • "Bad Therapy," 2020
  • "Yes, God, Yes," 2019 SXSW
  • "Line of Duty," 2019, with Aaron Eckhart
  • "Killerman," 2019, with Liam Hemsworth
  • "Diane," 2018 Tribeca
  • "Monsters and Men," 2018 Sundance

Speaking Engagements


Awards & Recognitions

Recognitions

Media Mentions

  • “Streaming Wars Could Bring ‘Return to Quality’,” Los Angeles Business Journal, 2022

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of California

Education

Pope earned his juris doctorate from Loyola Law School Los Angeles after graduating cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He was the Chief Research Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, where his article “America Off-Line: A Look at the Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Streaming Digital Media and the Internet” was published.

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