The story of Magic Seed the company starts with the TV series that we developed, shot, and sold to MTV titled Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life.  Lagan and Sandra were living and working in D.C. when Lagan’s sister began her meteoric rise to stardom.

Being documentary filmmakers by trade they decided to call on some of their filmmaker friends including Brandon Bloch, Steven Greenstreet, and Ted Roach to capture the amazing story as it unfolded.  Our team independently produced an hour long documentary and the above 6-minute trailer that we used to sell the project to MTV.

The Results

After we sold the show, Lagan co-showran and directed the first 6-episode season cut from existing footage shot before MTV came onto the project.  The first season of the show premiered in April of 2013 to critical acclaim.

Due to the success of the first season, MTV bought a second season of the show.  For the second season, Brandon acted at Director of Photography, Sandra produced, and Lagan again co-showran and directed.  Over four months of global travel, we created another eight episodes in the midst of world tour that took our film crews from Japan to Alaska and most places in between.  

By Ashley Fetters

Director

Lagan Sebert

Original Executive Producers

Lagan Sebert, Kesha Sebert, Jack Rovner, Ken Levitan 

Original Producers

Sandra Sampayo, Ted Roach, Steven Greenstreet

Directors of Photography

Steven Greenstreet, Brandon Bloch, Jeremy Lundborg

Original Editors

Ted Roach, Steven Greenstreet

Client

MTV