Meet Sea Mo Aldermoon | Movie Director & Actor

We had the good fortune of connecting with Sea Mo Aldermoon and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Sea Mo, how do you think about risk?
Taking risks has been everything in my life, I’ve had a very “leap and the net will appear” approach to my career. It has always worked out but has always also been horrifying. Back in the day I worked in restaurants and one last straw made me quit one day with no back-up plan other than making my videography my full-time gig. It was the push I needed, and after moving to LA, I was put in the position to do the same transition but from videography to filmmaking.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I make adventure movies, I have one feature underneath my belt as of present. It’s called Pink Elephant, and I shot it back when I lived in New Orleans. I am super excited to now be in pre-production for my second feature.

The biggest challenge has been funding. When I made my first feature, I was a waitress in a dining movie theater but I had already made hundreds of shorts and I was impatient to start my first big project. Since then I have always self-funded my projects running my own videography company (Sea Monstrosity Pictures) making mostly music videos and wedding videos. Even as my projects and company grow, and as much as I’ve loved working here and there in Hollywood, I want creative freedom and to not be trapped in a corporate system. I’m extremely independent possibly to a fault. I put everything into my projects but I know most people aren’t as insane and hyper-focused as I am. I want to work to change the landscape of how films get made.

If there’s anything I want people to take away from me as an artist is that it is possible to make truly independent movies. Camera technology, especially in the past few years, has gotten truly phenomenal and is getting more and more affordable. I want artists to see how possible it is to make your own dreams come true and see that you don’t have to wait for someone to give you permission.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
My go to spot in the city is Venice beach, anytime someone visits I’m going to walk them up the entire strip to the Santa Monica Pier. I take everyone to the Venice Skatepark whether they skate or not, and my go-to spot is right across from there, The Sidewalk.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I owe a lot to my best friend and longtime collaborator Emilie. We went to film school together and she has been my ride-or-die in life and in our careers for 14 years. I swear we can read each others minds on set.

I should probably also shout out my mom because when things get tough she’s the one there encouraging me to pick myself up because she’s ready for me to take her to the Oscars.

Website: https://sea-monstrosity.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sea_monstrosity/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sea-mo-aldermoon/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7iU0gwRLTOncohABsHWERw

Other: tiktok: @sea_monstrosity

Image Credits
Skatepark photos (with me holding a camera) by Emilie Newell The Elephant Creature is a still from my movie Pink Elephant The other is me in a short film, cinematography by Emiliano Tellez The rest are self portraits