---
name: "Sean Covel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-covel"
fi1m_id: "sean-covel"
imdb_id: "nm1365515"
tmdb_id: 53941
wikidata_id: "Q7440908"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "4 March 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:52:45.227281+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sean Covel

## Identity

Sean Covel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-covel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-covel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1365515
- **TMDB ID:** 53941
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7440908
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Covel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7440908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1365515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53941

Producer. Born 4 March 1976 in Newcastle, Wyoming, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 4 March 1976, Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
- **Also known as:** Sean C. Covel
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Covel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7440908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1365515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53941

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Napoleon Dynamite*](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sean C. Covel (born 4 March 1976) is an American film producer, writer and educator. He grew up in Edgemont, South Dakota, and trained at the University of Southern California’s Peter Stark Producing Program.

Covel is best known as a producer of the 2004 independent comedy *Napoleon Dynamite*. He later produced *The 12 Dogs of Christmas* (2004), *Think Tank* (2006), *Beneath* (2007) and *Café* (2011). With Chris Wyatt he received a nomination for the Producer Award at the 20th Independent Spirit Awards for *Napoleon Dynamite*.

He has also worked as a co-producer on the 2012 animated television series *Napoleon Dynamite* and as an educator and keynote speaker.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tidings for the Season* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Bad Haircut* (2025), Thanks
- *The Black String* (2018), Thanks
- *A Son of Man* (2018), Thanks
- *Carter & June* (2018), as Outlaw Red · Producer
- *Tater Tot & Patton* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Driving Blind* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Clockwork Girl* (2014), Creative Consultant
- *Concrete Blondes* (2013), Producer
- *The Citizen* (2012), Production Consultant
- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2012), series, Co-Producer
- *Café* (2011), Producer
- *Broken Hill* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Beneath* (2007), Producer
- *On Location Napoleon Dynamite* (2006), Producer
- *Think Tank* (2006), Producer
- *The 12 Dogs of Christmas* (2005), Producer
- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md)

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