- Born Glasgow 1950. Educated Hutcheson's Boys' Grammar and Glasgow University. Joined British Film Institute in 1972 as Deputy Manager of the National Film Theatre then as Feature Films Officer of the National Film Archive, responsible for selecting all film for the national collection. Co-author of BFI publications on Robert Aldrich and of Electric Shadows: 50 years of Chinese Cinema. In 1979 organized, with Tony Rayns, Electric Shadows a ground breaking retrospective of Chinese cinema which started in London and led to a rediscovery of Chinese film history worldwide. Wrote regularly on film for Time Out, The Independent, Sight and Sound, The Observer and was regular reviewer for BBC and Capitol Radio. Joined Zenith Productions on its inception in 1984 as Script Editor then 1985 as Head of Development, becoming Head of Creative Affairs, Head of Production, and finally Chief Executive. Left Zenith in 1998. Developed, helped finance and was creative supervisor of all Zenith features and TV drama in this 14 year period (over 20 features). Zenith won awards from the Evening Standard and the British Film Institute for outstanding artistic achievement as a company. Insignificance, Prick Up Your Ears, Patty Hearst, Simple Men,Velvet Goldmine, A Gathering of Old Men, The Reflecting Skin, Slam Dance and Henry Fool (which Scott developed but was not produced by Zenith) were all official selections at the Cannes Film Festival where Prick Up Your Ears, Henry Fool and Velvet Goldmine all won awards. The Hit, Sid and Nancy, Wish You Were Here and Amateur were all shown in the Quinzaine des Realisateurs. Trust and Walking and Talking were both selected for Sundance where Trust won the Best Screenplay Award. The Dead and Velvet Goldmine both had Academy Award nominations (Adapted Screenplay, Costume). TV includes Inspector Morse, Hamish Macbeth, Tales from the Hollywood Hills, A Gathering of Old Men, Fields of Fire, A Dangerous Life, Rhodes, Tinsel Town and hundreds of hours of drama, winning many Baftas and international awards. Founded Deep Indigo Productions with Nigel Stafford-Clark in 1999 which again won many awards for its television dramas. In 2005 left Deep Indigo to become Head of Drama for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, then Evaluation Manager of the Australian Film Finance Corporation. In 2009 became a senior creative consultant to Screen Australia. Scott served for many years on the Board of Scottish Screen where he was Chair of the Development Committee and was also Chair of the British Film Institute Production Board, acting on the Board of the BFI.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Gourlay
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