{{for|the American animator and translator|Jan Scott-Frazier}} {{Short description|American production designer and art director (1914–2003)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jan Scott | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|26}} | birth_place = [[Water Valley, Mississippi]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|4|17|1914|8|8}} | death_place = [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]], [[California]], U.S. | education = [[University of Chicago]] <br> [[Art Institute of Chicago]] <br> [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | occupation = [[Production designer]] <br> [[Art director]] | years_active = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Jan Spencer Scott''' (September 26, 1914 – April 17, 2003) was an American production designer and art director. She won 11 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, more than any woman in the history of television and more than any other production designers. Scott was nominated for Emmy Awards a record total of 29 times. She was also a president of the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors and also served as a vice-president, second vice-president and governor of the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].<ref name=LAT/>
==Early years== Scott was born in [[Water Valley, Mississippi]], in 1914. Her family moved to [[Carbondale, Illinois]], while Scott was an infant. Her father worked for a railroad, and her mother was an artist who died when she Scott was one-and-a-half or two years old. She attended Carbondale Community High School and then studied architecture at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=AAT1>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 1|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=103766#interview-clips}}</ref>
==Art directing== ===NBC Chicago=== While still studying at the University of Chicago, Scott began working at NBC in Chicago. She did design, scenic painting, carpentry, and lighting work for local television programs.<ref name=AAT1/> Among others, she worked on a news show with [[Hugh Downs]] and a cooking show.<ref name=AAT2/> She did internships at [[WPTZ]] in Philadelphia and another at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref name=AAT1/>
===NBC New York=== In 1955, Scott moved to [[New York City]] where she worked as an art director for NBC.<ref name=AAT1/> In New York, she worked on live drama shows, including ''[[NBC Opera Theatre]]''. She also painted sets for the [[Metropolitan Opera]]<ref name=AAT2>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 2|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=chapter2#interview-clips}}</ref>
Her first prolonged assignment at NBC was as the art director on the ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]'', an anthology drama series that began production in 1957. On the DuPont show, she worked closely with directors [[George Roy Hill]], [[Fielder Cook]], and [[Franklin J. Schaffner]].<ref name=AAT2/> She also worked with Schaffer on ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'', including a production of ''[[A Doll's House (1959 film)|A Doll's House]]'' in 1959.<ref name=AAT2/>
She received an Emmy nomination for her art direction on the 1958 production ''[[Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (film)|Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates]]'', broadcast as part of the ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' series. For Hans Brinker, she designed an ice rink in Brooklyn. She was also nominated on her work for ''Big Deal in Loredo''.<ref name=AAT3>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 3|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=103771#interview-clips}}</ref>
===1960s and 1970s=== In 1960, she worked on [[Sidney Lumet]]'s Emmy-nominated production of ''[[Sacco-Vanzetti Story]]''. Scott's work on that production included the courtroom and the jail.<ref name=AAT3/>
She worked on a television productions of several musicals in the late 1960s, including ''Brigadoon'', ''[[Carousel (1967 film)|Carousel]]'', ''[[Kismet (1967 film)|Kismet]]'', and ''[[Kiss Me Kate (1968 film)|Kiss Me Kate]]''. She won Emmy Awards for her work on ''Kismet'' and ''Kiss Me Kate''.<ref name=AAT3/><ref name=Emmy/>
She won her third Emmy Award for the 1970 ''[[CBS Playhouse]]'' production of ''[[Shadow Game (CBS Playhouse)|Shadow Game]]'', a drama directed by [[Paul Bogart]] set against the 1965 Northeast blackout. She also worked that year on the PBS courtroom drama ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'' directed by [[George C. Scott]].<ref name=AAT4>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 4|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=103774#interview-clips}}</ref>
In 1972, she art directed for the PBS production ''[[The Scarecrow (Hollywood Television Theatre)|The Scarecrow]]''. Scott later said that it was her favorite production. Her work included interiors for a large New England house.<ref name=AAT4/>
In 1974, she worked on ''[[The Lie (CBS Playhouse 90)|The Lie]]'' for ''Playhouse 90'', another production for which she won two Emmy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lie CBS Playhouse 90|publisher=Television Academy|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/lie-cbs-playhouse-90}}</ref>
She won three Emmy Awards for her work on the ABC mini-series ''[[Eleanor and Franklin (miniseries)|Eleanor and Franklin]]'' (1976) and its sequel ''[[Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]]'' (1977). The two mini-series won a total of 17 Emmy Awards.<ref name=AAT4/><ref name=Emmy/>
In 1976, she worked on the ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' miniseries. She stayed for the first six episodes. She left the production due to conflicts with [[Hutu]] members of the cast.<ref name=AAT5>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 6|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=103776#interview-clips}}</ref>
Other notable works in the late 1970s included ''[[The Gathering (1977 film)|The Gathering]]'' (1977) and ''[[Orphan Train (film)|Orphan Train]]''.<ref name=AAT5/>
She moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s, purchasing in a house in the [[Hollywood Hills]].<ref name=AAT5/>
===1980s and 1990s=== She next won an Emmy Award for her work on the ''[[Evergreen (miniseries)|Evergreen]]'' (1985), a miniseries that spanned the history of a Jewish family over a 50-year period. ''Evergreen'' was shot partly in Israel and partly in New York's [[Lower East Side]].<ref name=AAT5/> She won an Emmy Award for ''Evergreen''. She also won Emmy Awards for ''[[Foxfire (1987 film)|Foxfire]]'' (1987), ''[[I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film)|I'll Be Home for Christmas]]'' (1988), and ''[[Harvest of Fire]]'' (1996).<ref name=Emmy/>
===Later years=== Scott died in 2003 at age 88 at her home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref name=LAT>{{cite news|title=Jan Scott, 88; Art Director Won 11 Emmy Awards|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 20, 2003|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59380845/obituary-for-jan-scott-aged-88/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She was posthumously inducted into the [[Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
==Selected filmography== ===Television=== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[The Kaiser Aluminum Hour]]'' (1956, scenic design) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement: Jan Scott|publisher=Art Directors Guild|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://adg.org/awards/lifetime-achievement/jan-scott/}}</ref><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (film)|Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates]]'' (1958, art direction) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Awards & Nominations|publisher=Television Academy|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jan-scott}}</ref> *''[[A Doll's House (1959 film)|A Doll's House]]'' (1959) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Sacco-Vanzetti Story]]'' (1960)<ref name=AAT3/> * ''[[The DuPont Show of the Week]]'' (1961, art director) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Theatre '62]]'' (1962) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Carousel (1967 film)|Carousel]]'' (1967, art director)<ref name=ADG/> * ''[[Kismet (1967 film)|Kismet]]'' (1967, art director)(Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/> * ''[[Kiss Me Kate (1968 film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' (1968, art director) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Shadow Game (CBS Playhouse)|Shadow Game]]'' (1970, art director) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/> * ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'' (1970)<ref name=AAT4/> * ''[[Montserrat (Hollywood Television Theatre)|Montserrat]]'' (1971, art director) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Scarecrow (Hollywood Television Theatre)|The Scarecrow]]'' (1972, art director) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Another Part of the Forest#Adaptations|Another Part of the Forest]]'' (1973, art director) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Lie (CBS Playhouse 90)|The Lie]]'' (1974, art director) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]'' (1975)<ref name=AAT3/> * ''[[Eleanor and Franklin (miniseries)|Eleanor and Franklin]]'' (1976) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]]'' (1977) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', Part II (1977) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Gathering (1977 film)|The Gathering]]'' (1977, art direction) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Orphan Train (film)|Orphan Train]]'' (1979)<ref name=AAT6>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 6|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=chapter6#interview-clips}}</ref> * ''[[Studs Lonigan#Television|Studs Lonigan]]'' (1979, art direction) (Emmy winner)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Marilyn: The Untold Story]]'' (1981, art direction) (Emmy winner)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Evergreen (miniseries)|Evergreen]]'' (1985, production designer) (Emmy winner)<ref name=ADG/><ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1986, art direction) (Emmy nominee)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Foxfire (1987 film)|Foxfire]]'' (1987, art direction) (Emmy winner)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film)|I'll Be Home for Christmas]]'' (1988, art direction) (Emmy winner)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Kennedys of Massachusetts]]'' (1990)<ref name=AAT6/> * ''[[Cruel Doubt]]'' (1992, art direction)(Emmy nominee)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[Harvest of Fire]]'' (1996, art direction) (Emmy winner)<ref name=Emmy/> * ''[[The Summer of Ben Tyler]]'' (1996)<ref name=AAT7>{{cite web|title=Jan Scott Interview, part 7|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=September 15, 2020|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/jan-scott?clip=103780#interview-clips}}</ref> * ''[[The Love Letter (1998 film)|The Love Letter]]'' (1998)<ref name=AAT7/> * ''[[Grace and Glorie]]'' (1998)<ref name=AAT3/> {{Div col end}}
===Feature films=== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[The World of Henry Orient]]'' (1964, production designer)<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Jan Scott, Emmy-winning art director, production designer|newspaper=The Miami Herald|date=April 21, 2003|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59365926/obituary-for-jan-scott-emmy-winning/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * ''[[The End (1978 film)|The End]]'' (1978)<ref name=ADG/> * ''[[Rich and Famous (1981 film)|Rich and Famous]]'' (1981)<ref name=ADG/> * ''[[Grandview, U.S.A.]]'' (1984, production designer)<ref name=ADG/> {{Div col end}}
==See also== * [[Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame]]
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0779278}}
{{Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series}} {{Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award}} {{Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2000s)}}
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