Sean O'Sullivan
Associate Professor, Department of English
The Ohio State University
Associate Professor, Department of English
The Ohio State University
Sean O'Sullivan is Director of Project Narrative, Associate Professor of English, and a faculty member in the Film Studies Program. He is the author of Mike Leigh (2011), a volume in the Contemporary Film Directors series from the University of Illinois Press. His articles and book chapters on serial narrative and television include such topics as: The Sopranos and episodic storytelling; modernist structure in Mad Men; poetic design and the serial season; Deadwood and Charles Dickens; third seasons; satisfaction; and the neglected showrunner Ingmar Bergman. Before entering graduate school, he worked as a sportswriter for The Boston Globe and as a production staffer on several films in New York City.