Sean Bailey is the President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, overseeing all aspects of live-action development, film production, and physical production for Walt Disney Pictures. His current projects include Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, Oz The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, and Michelle Williams, and The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp, directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Before joining The Walt Disney Studios in 2010, Bailey produced Disney's TRON: Legacy, directed by Joseph Kosinski, starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, and Olivia Wilde, developing it in tandem with other media, including the Grammy-nominated, RIAA Gold-certified soundtrack by Daft Punk, a multi-platform video game, and an upcoming Disney XD television series.
In 2008, Bailey founded Idealogy, Inc., focusing on the evolution and future of creative content, developing high-quality stories that can live across media. As a writer-producer under an exclusive deal with ABC Studios from 2004 to 2008, Bailey continued his role as chairman and board member of LivePlanet, the production company he co-founded in 2000 with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Chris Moore.
During his tenure at LivePlanet, Bailey executive-produced the innovative LivePlanet/HBO/Miramax series Project Greenlight, nominated for three Emmy Awards, and co-created the LivePlanet/ABC series Push, Nevada with Affleck.
A 20-year industry veteran, Bailey has created, packaged, and developed film, television, and new media concepts for various studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks, New Line Cinema, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., all major television networks, MSN, and Yahoo.
His feature film producing credits include Miramax's Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Amy Ryan; Matchstick Men, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Nicolas Cage; The Core; and Best Laid Plans. His screenplay Solace, co-written by Ted Griffin, is in preproduction at New Line Cinema.
Bailey's first job as a producer in the entertainment industry was developing the game show Debt for Buena Vista Television, which aired on Lifetime from 1996-1998.
