Shaun Scott (filmmaker)
Shaun Scott (born November 8, 1984): American filmmaker, film director, film editor, writer, historian.[1]
Film Career
Scott is a Seattle-based independent filmmaker whose first feature film was "Seat of Empire" (2009), a 3-hour long documentary tour of the city of Seattle using archival footage.[2] In 2010 he directed and wrote "Waste of Time", a historical mash-up of original footage, archival images, and contemporary music meant as a portrait of consumer capitalism.[3][4]
Scott's first narrative feature was "100% OFF: A Recession-Era Romance" (2012), a docudrama about a kleptomaniac and the immigrant wife with whom he enters a marriage of convenience.[5][6][7] It was followed in 2014 by "Pacific Aggression", a straightforward narrative about a social media addict and the blogger she stalks.[8] In 2014, Scott announced plans to direct the (as yet uncompleted) feature film "Their Eyes Were Watching The Light," a period piece about a hostage situation set in 1932.[9]
Writing Career
Scott began a career as a writer in late 2014, contributing pieces about American politics and race relations to The Monarch Review[10] and The Seattle Weekly.[11] In July 2015, Scott was hired by City Arts Magazine as a columnist, where he runs an ongoing thread called "Faded Signs" about popular culture under late capitalism.[12]
In September of 2015, Thought Catalog Books published Scott's short-form essay "Something Better: Millennials and Late Capitalism at the Movies" on iTunes and Amazon.[13] Scott is currently at work on a book-length history of the Millennial generation titled "Millennials and the Moments that Made Us: A Cultural History of the U.S. from 1984-present."
Filmography
Feature Films (as Director/Writer)
- Seat of Empire (2009)
- Waste of Time (2010)
- 100% OFF: A Recession-Era Romance (2012)
- Pacific Aggression (2014)
Short Films/Music Videos
- Shaun's Daydream (2008)
- Steppin' Into Tomorrow (2009)
- Driven (2013)
- An American Day (2014)
- Home Of The Mighty (2014)
Bibliography
- Something Better: Millennials and Late Capitalism at the Movies (2015)
References
- ↑ http://dailyuw.com/archive/2010/05/20/imported/artist-spotlight-shaun-scott#.U9LHNVaE7Bg
- ↑ http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/scotts-empire/Content?oid=3538008
- ↑ http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/art-house/Content?oid=5623834
- ↑ https://vimeo.com/18414395
- ↑ http://seattletimes.com/html/movies/2018613586_mr06romance.html
- ↑ http://www.cityartsonline.com/shaun-scotts-first-narrative-feature-explores-human-side-recession
- ↑ http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-06-27/film/100-off-a-recession-era-romance-two-seattle-couples-gradually-come-apart/
- ↑ http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/shaun-scott-screens-his-new-movie-twitter-twist
- ↑ http://www.what-is-news.com/blog/2014/11/24/shaun-scott-filmmaker
- ↑ http://www.themonarchreview.org/tag/shaun-scott/
- ↑ http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/956151-129/page-turner
- ↑ http://cityartsonline.com/article-type/faded-signs
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Something-Better-Millennials-Capitalism-Movies-ebook/dp/B015QGC3WU
- http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/scotts-empire/Content?oid=3538008
- http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/shaun-scott-screens-his-new-movie-twitter-twist
- http://dailyuw.com/archive/2010/05/20/imported/artist-spotlight-shaun-scott#.U9LGdlaE7Bg
- http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/art-house/Content?oid=5623834