Sheehan began his eclectic career in the late seventies, designing visual presentations for the New York fashion emporium Parachute. While still a teenager, he quickly moved on to photographing New York's punk rock scene and musicians such as The Clash, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Ultravox and many New York based bands for the Village Voice, Cream, and Circus magazines. His fashion photography also appeared regularly in GQ Magazine and New York Magazine. Today, his Fine Art photography is exhibited in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
While attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Sheehan opened his own production company where he directed and produced commercials and fashion videos. To date, Sheehan has directed over 500 commercials, which have been shot in locations spanning the globe.
Most recently, Sheehan has written, produced, and directed “My Name Is Nigel Cook”, a hilarious satire on the film industry. Playing opposite actor Daniel Raymont's Nigel Cook, Sheehan plays the legally blind cameraman, Markus Orlander. “Nigel” is Sheehan's second feature film following the critically acclaimed “Seed” of which Variety raved: “This visually captivating spiritual movie journeys across America with innovative cinematic form. A highly imaginative, collage like, experimental epic that relentlessly strips away at the boundaries between features and documentaries”. IFC Films acquired “SEED” for distribution. He is currently at work writing and developing his next film project entitled “Bitter”, a dramatic and hardcore look at the melting pot of crime in New York.
Sheehan has also produced “The Talent Collector” for AMC and the reality series “Repo Men” starring, Vincent Pastore, aka Big Pussy from the Sopranos, for TLC and Discovery Networks.
Sheehan's short film “Customs of the Country”, based on a short story by writer Madison Smartt Bell was another film festival success, winning more than one first prize awards. His television career also includes directing the Viacom series “Johnny Time”, starring comedian John Kassir. Sheehan has acted off-Broadway, taught acting workshops and starred as David Conover, the photographer who first photographed Norma Jean Dougherty in a television docudrama about Marilyn Monroe called “Discovering Norma Jean”.
Sheehan and his wife, Executive Producer, Sara Feldmann Sheehan founded Working Pictures in 1990 and Grenade Editorial in 1995 and live in New York with their three children.