Sean Paulsen is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and composer, whose latest directorial project, Shadow of a Dog, was released with The New Yorker Documentary in July 2023.
Shadow of a Dog, co-directed by Brad Wickham, follows an animal tracker as he searches for a lost foster dog overnight at Brooklyn’s Evergreen Cemetery. The film premiered at the 2023 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Artistic Vision Award in the mini documentary category. Shadow of a Dog also screened at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival.