Sean Gerard Mathias is a Welsh actor, director, and writer. He is known for directing the film Bent and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York City, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney.
Mathias at a press junket at Sardi's restaurant for Waiting for Godot and No Man's Land in 2013
Bent is a 1979 British-American play by Martin Sherman. It revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of the Long Knives.
Poster for the Royal National Theatre's 1990 revival of Bent, starring Ian McKellen