The Life of Sean DeLear

Documentary Film, AT 2024, DCP, 82 min, OmdU

Sean DeLear (1964–2017) was a transgressive phenomenon who enchanted Los Angeles’ music and art underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s. With the posthumous publication of his teenage diaries, he also turns out to be a writer. In his film, Markus Zizenbacher drafts a rousing portrait of this black, queer artist and condenses his friend’s audiovisual legacy into an eclectic collage.

Director: Markus Zizenbacher
Script: Markus Zizenbacher
Cast: Sean DeLear, Ann Magnuson, Scott Ewalt, Steve McDonald, Jeppe Laursen, Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy, Ali Janka, Mike Hoffman, Davy Willis, Christian Brühne, Mike Watt
Camera: Markus Zizenbacher, Aleksey Lapin, Sean DeLear
Editor: Markus Zizenbacher, Sebastian Schreiner
Location Sound: Claudia Joldes, Markus Zizenbacher, Rafael Haider
Music: Nate Tabor
Sounddesign: Eli Frauscher
Additional Credits: Tonmischung: Eli Frauscher; Animation: Ava Quintana Rodriguez-Smith; Farbkorrektur: Tilmann Rödiger; Zusätzliche Kamera: Kurdwin Ayub, David Lindinger; Off-Stimme: Helen Parkes; Ausführende Produzent:innen: Sebastian Schreiner, Mike Hoffman, Kurdwin Ayub, Patrick Wally
Producers: Markus Zizenbacher
World Sales: sixpackfilm
Distribution in Austria: sixpackfilm
Funded by: BMKÖS – innovative film
Stadt Wien MA 7
Land Niederösterreich Kultur
World Premiere: Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2024
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '25
Production format: digital