Ken Scott (filmmaker)

{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter, director, actor and comedian}} {{Infobox person |image = Ken Scott filmmaker.jpg |caption=Scott at the 2012 [[Genie Awards]] |name=Ken Scott |birth_date={{birth year and age|1970}} |birth_place=[[Dalhousie, NB]], Canada |occupation= Screenwriter, actor, director, comedian |years_active= }} '''Ken Scott''' (born in 1970 in [[Dalhousie, New Brunswick|Dalhousie]], [[New Brunswick]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[screenwriter]], [[actor]], [[Film director|director]], and [[comedian]].<ref name=nayman>Adam Nayman, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ken-scott "Ken Scott"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', August 11, 2014.</ref> He is best known as a member of the comedy group [[Les Bizarroïdes]] with [[Martin Petit]], [[Stéphane E. Roy]] and [[Guy Lévesque]], and as screenwriter of the films ''[[Seducing Doctor Lewis]]'', ''[[The Little Book of Revenge]] (Guide de la petite vengeance)'', and ''[[Starbuck (film)|Starbuck]]'', as well as television series ''[[Le Plateau]]''.

== Life and career == Scott was raised in [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Quebec]], and gained a degree in cinematography at the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] in 1991.<ref name=nayman/> While in film school, he and classmate Fred Jones collaborated on three short films;<ref name=pevere>[[Geoff Pevere]], "National Film Bored?". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 17, 1989.</ref> the most noted of these, ''[[Working Title (film)|Working Title]]'', was a [[Genie Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] at the [[7th Genie Awards]] in 1986.<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 14, 1986.</ref> The other two short films, ''Gibbons: Canada's Fighting Elite'' and ''Reel to Reel'', were less widely screened.<ref name=pevere/>

His first widely seen work was a series of commercials for cheese made between 1995 and 1998. In 2000, he played the theatrical role of Monsieur Pearson in the play ''Propagande'', written by [[Stéphane E. Roy]].<ref>Amy Baratt. "A dorky campaign". ''[[Montreal Mirror]]'', October 26, 2000.</ref> In 2002, he wrote episodes for the television series ''[[Le Plateau]]'', in which he also played the role of François Chamberland.

In 2008, Scott produced his first feature film, ''[[Sticky Fingers (2009 film)|Sticky Fingers]]'', which he also wrote.<ref>Anabelle Nicoud. "Ken Scott tournera «Les doigts croches» en Argentine". ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', March 20, 2008.</ref> It has been announced he will direct the film adaption of the Stephen King novel ''[[From a Buick 8]]''.

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#B0C4DE; text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Language ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes |- ! Director !! Writer |- | 1985 || ''[[Working Title (film)|Working Title]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || English || with Fred Jones |- | 2000 || ''[[Life After Love (film)|Life After Love]] (La vie après l'amour)'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || [[French language|French]] || |- | 2003 || ''[[Seducing Doctor Lewis]] (La Grande Séduction)'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || rowspan="3"|French || |- | 2009 || ''[[Sticky Fingers (2009 film)|Sticky Fingers]] (Les Doigts croches)'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || |- | 2011 || ''[[Starbuck (film)|Starbuck]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || |- | 2013 || ''[[Delivery Man (film)|Delivery Man]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || [[English language|English]] || |- | 2015 || ''[[Unfinished Business (2015 film)|Unfinished Business]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || rowspan="2"|English || |- | 2018 || ''[[The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir]] (L'Extraordinaire Voyage du Fakir'') || {{yes}} || {{no}} || |- | 2021 || ''[[Goodbye Happiness (film)|Goodbye Happiness]] (Au revoir le bonheur)'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || French || |- | 2025 || ''[[Once Upon My Mother]] (Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan)'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || French || |}

==Awards== Scott won the Audience Award at the 2004 [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''Seducing Doctor Lewis''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Chamberlain |first=Mike|title=Ken Scott's Seductive Success|date=Spring 2004|magazine=Canadian Screenwriter|publisher=[[Writers Guild of Canada]]|at=The W Files|url=https://www.wgc.ca/magazine/articles/spring04-w-files.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624230715/https://www.wgc.ca/magazine/articles/spring04-w-files.html|archive-date=24 June 2004}}</ref> He has been nominated for the Quebec film industry's [[Prix Jutra]] and the national [[Genie Awards]] four times each; at both ceremonies, Scott and Petit won the 2012 awards for Best Original Screenplay for ''Starbuck''.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0779433|Ken Scott}}

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