Seán Yap Sei-Been Devlin
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Seán Yap Sei-Been Devlin (叶 世民) is a Canadian comedian, writer, film director, producer, Prankster,[1] Community Organizer, and Political consultant.[2]
Sean started doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, performing his first sets at a Yuk Yuk’s comedy club in downtown Vancouver in 2002. As a 20-year-old Devlin was hired by Zach Galifianakis, to work as an editor and opening segment director on Look Who It Isn't. Galifianakis would go on to have a cameo in Devlin’s feature film debut Zach & Avery (2004). The DIY guerrilla production won “Best Comedy/Drama” at the Illinois Black Earth Film Festival and was an archived selection of the Paris/Berlin Rencontres Internationales. 14 years passed before Devlin released his next narrative feature film When the Storm Fades (2018). For that film, The Director’s Guild of Canada presented Devlin with the prize for Emerging Canadian Director at the 37th Vancouver International Film Festival. The film also earned Sean two international festival jury prizes for Best Director. In 2016 he directed, co-wrote and produced a short film with The Yes Men, starring Edward Snowden. The project was commissioned by Roskilde Festival, the largest music event in Northern Europe and was later exhibited at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Devlin then went on to work as a Consulting Producer on the Oscar-nominated Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm.
As a comedian, his festival appearances include Bumbershoot (2007) and Sled Island (2019), Just For Laughs NW & Portland’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival. His comedy has appeared on CBC radio and Upworthy.com.[3] In 2016 Devlin was commissioned by Zurich’s University of the Arts and the famed Cabaret Voltaire to develop, perform and direct productions to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of DaDa.
From 2011 to 2015 Devlin organized a diverse group of comedians, artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians, and activists to create ShitHarperDid.com. Charlie Smith, Editor of The Georgia Straight praised the group’s work saying “Through a series of pranks and videos that would have made The Daily Show proud, they revealed the brutality of the Conservative government[4]” The website went live two weeks before the 2011 Canadian federal election and quickly went viral, receiving over a million hits within hours of its launch.[5] The Globe & Mail described the tactical media project as “a stealth campaign that's been spreading like prairie wildfire”.[6] The Huffington Post called it “the viral phenomenon that captured the digital zeitgeist.”[7] While, Post Media observed that the campaign was “wreaking havoc on the Conservative party’s image”. The Conservatives still won a minority government. Over the next four years as Executive Director he orchestrated an innovative combination of tactical media and direct action organizing at a national scale.[8] The multi-year effort combined online content, numerous satirical ads that were crowdfunded onto television,[9] a feature documentary,[10] and complex media pranks.[11] The project was part of a broader movement that mobilized the Canadian youth vote in unprecedented numbers for the 2015 federal election that ushered Harper out of power.[12]
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- ↑ "Six 'Revolting' Lessons from Prankster Pros". THE TYEE. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015. Unknown parameter
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