{{Short description|American film director and producer (born 1971)}} {{Distinguish|Scott Mosher}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person |name = Scott Mosier |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|5}} |birth_place = Vancouver, Washington, U.S.<ref name="viewaskew.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.viewaskew.com/interviews/scott/|title=Interviews Askew: Scott Mosier|website=viewaskew.com}}</ref> | citizenship = {{hlist|United States|Canada}} | occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|director|editor}} | years_active = | website = {{url|smodcast.com}} | spouse = {{marriage|Alex Hilebronner|2006}} }} '''Scott A. Mosier''' (born March 5, 1971) is an American-Canadian film producer, director and editor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast ''SModcast''.
== Early life == Mosier was born in Vancouver, Washington.<ref name="viewaskew.com" />
Mosier met Kevin Smith while both were attending Vancouver Film School in Canada. Their first assignment, ''Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary'', was a student film documentary that fell apart in production. To salvage it, Smith and Mosier interviewed the crew about the demise of the very documentary that they had been attempting to produce.
Four months into the eight-month program, Smith decided to drop out, but not before making a deal with Mosier: each would start writing a script of his own, and the one who finished last would help the other with his film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Kevin|title=An Evening With Kevin Smith|website=YouTube |date=May 9, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIaUfd4ssSo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/qIaUfd4ssSo |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|accessdate = February 11, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== View Askew === He also contributed by appearing on-screen as multiple characters, including the angry hockey player and Willam Black (Snowball).
In the film, he portrayed Svenning's assistant, Roddy. The character later appeared on a Jay and Silent Bob MTV short.
Mosier appears in the beginning of the film as the comics convention patron who gets into an argument with Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) after demeaning his career as a “tracer”.
On the 1999 film ''Dogma'', Mosier worked with Greenlee again; the editing of the film lasted nearly a year. He also played the Smooching Seaman who Ben Affleck and Matt Damon meet on the bus.
On the 2001 film ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'', Mosier worked with a budget of $20 million. In the film, Mosier played the assistant director on the set of the fictional sequel to ''Good Will Hunting'' and reprises his Willam Black character from ''Clerks''.
Mosier had a larger budget to work with on the film ''Jersey Girl'', at $35 million. The editing was difficult due to the studio's desire to cut a large amount of Jennifer Lopez footage and did not feature her in the marketing following the poor box-office performance of ''Gigli''.
Mosier produced ''Clerks II'' in 2006. Smith stated he edited the film himself, making ''Clerks II'' one of three films Mosier has produced with Smith, but not edited (the others being ''Mallrats'' and ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''). Mosier makes a brief cameo as a concerned father who shields his daughter's eyes from the sight of a character sitting on a toilet masturbating.
In 2008, Mosier worked again with Smith as the producer on ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''.
=== Other work === Mosier served as an executive producer, editor, and actor for Bryan Johnson's ''Vulgar'', an Askew production. He had also served as a producer (along with Smith) on ''Drawing Flies, A Better Place'', and ''Clerks: The Animated Series''; he served as a co-executive producer on ''Good Will Hunting'' and ''Big Helium Dog''. He also appeared in cameos in ''Drawing Flies'' as the Crying Diaperman, in ''A Better Place'' as Larry, and in ''Vulgar'' as Scotty. Although he barely recorded any episodes in 2017, Mosier is also a co-host, along with Smith, of the SModcast podcast hosted by the Smith-owned SModcast.com.
In 2007, ''Salim Baba'', a short documentary Mosier produced, was nominated for an Academy Award. Filmmakers Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello received the nomination (Mosier was unable to be nominated due to a limit of two nominees per short film).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=detail&nominee=Salim%20Baba%20-%20Documentary%20Short%20Subject%20Nominee |title=Academy Awards website |accessdate=January 27, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128035926/http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=detail&nominee=Salim+Baba+-+Documentary+Short+Subject+Nominee |archivedate=January 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On SModcast 77, Mosier announced he would not produce Smith's film ''Cop Out'' (2010), instead pursuing his directorial debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smodcast.com/79-70.html |accessdate=August 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809211846/http://www.smodcast.com/79-70.html |archivedate=August 9, 2010|title= SModcast #77: Nipple Rot}}</ref> He stated on SModcast 90 that he finished writing his first feature screenplay and was in the process of trying to sell it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smodcast.com/smods/smodcast90.html |accessdate=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622092421/http://smodcast.com/smods/smodcast90.html |archivedate=June 22, 2011|title= SMODCAST #90: Forgeticus!}}</ref>
On August 10, 2011, Mosier stated on Twitter that he has written some episodes of the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' cartoon on Disney. This was confirmed in a special "SModcast Extra" (attached to SModcast No. 204 and episode 5 of the ''Comic Book Men'' podcast "Secret Stash") in which he and Smith interview Joe Casey; Mosier has written six scripts for the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://smodcast.com/episodes/scrotally-awesome/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331205902/http://smodcast.com/episodes/scrotally-awesome/|url-status=dead|title=SModcast No. 204 with Joe Casey interview attached|archivedate=March 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://smodcast.com/episodes/where-does-he-get-those-wonderful-toys/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324063648/http://smodcast.com/episodes/where-does-he-get-those-wonderful-toys/|url-status=dead|title=SModcast's "Secret Stash" Podcast No. 5 with Joe Casey interview attached|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
Mosier made his directorial debut with Illumination Entertainment's animated feature ''The Grinch'', based on the book by Dr. Seuss, and co-directed with Yarrow Cheney. It was released on November 9, 2018.
== Personal life == Mosier was personally involved with fellow producer Monica Hampton for a while, whom he met while the two were producing ''Vulgar''. He married girlfriend Alex Hilebronner on September 1, 2006. The couple met on the set of ''Jersey Girl''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsaskew.com/?p=409|title=Congrats to Scott Mosier!}}</ref>
In the documentary ''Back to the Well: Clerks II'', he states that he is agnostic, but has gone to church with Kevin Smith on occasion.
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1994 | ''Clerks'' | Willam "Snowball" Black<br />Angry Hockey Player<br />Mourner | Co-producer<br />Co-Film editor with Kevin Smith <br />Special thanks |- | 1995 | ''Mallrats'' | Roddy | Producer<br />Storyboard artist<br />Executive album producer<br />Special thanks |- | 1996 | ''Drawing Flies'' | Crying Diaperman | Executive producer |- | rowspan="3" | 1997 | ''Good Will Hunting'' | | Co-executive producer |- | ''{{sortname|A|Better Place}}'' | Larry | Executive producer<br />Sound editor |- | ''Chasing Amy'' | Collector | Producer<br />Editor<br />Special thanks |- | rowspan="3"| 1999 | ''Tail Lights Fade'' | | Executive producer<br />Special thanks |- | ''Dogma'' | Smooching Seaman | Producer<br />Editor<br />Storyboard artist<br />Second unit director<br />Special thanks |- | ''Big Helium Dog'' | | Executive producer |- | 2000 | ''Vulgar'' | Scotty | Executive producer<br />Special thanks<br />editor<br />Dialogue editor |- | 2001 | ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' | Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season Assistant Director<br />Willam Black<br />Collector (deleted scene) | Producer<br />Editor<br />Storyboard artist<br />Second unit director (uncredited)<br />Executive album producer<br />Special thanks |- | 2004 | ''Jersey Girl'' | | Producer<br />Editor |- | rowspan="3"| 2005 | ''{{sortname|The|Ape|nolink=1}}'' | | Editor |- | ''Fool's Gold'' | | Editor |- | ''Reel Paradise'' | | Producer |- | 2006 | ''Clerks II'' | Concerned Father | Producer<br />Special thanks |- | rowspan="2"| 2007 | ''Who's Your Caddy?'' | | Editor |- | ''Small Town Gay Bar'' | | Executive producer<br />Editor<br />Special thanks<br /> |- | 2008 | ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' | | Producer |- | rowspan="2"|2012 | ''Best Kept Secret'' | | Executive producer |- | ''{{sortname|A|Band Called Death}}'' | | Producer |- | rowspan="4"|2013 | ''Free Birds'' | Pizza Dude | Producer<br />Screenplay |- | ''Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'' | The General | Voice only |- | ''Potential Inertia'' | | Inspirational thanks |- | ''Milius'' | | Executive producer |- | 2018 | data-sort-value="Grinch, The" | ''The Grinch'' | | Co-director<br />Additional voices |- | rowspan="2"|2019 | data-sort-value="Secret Life of Pets 2, The" | ''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' | | Additional voices |- | ''Jay and Silent Bob Reboot'' | S.W.A.T. Officer<br />Bluntman Fan | |- | 2021 | ''Sing 2'' | Mason | Additional voices |- | 2022 | ''Clerks III'' | Willam "Snowball" Black | Role shared with Ethan Suplee |- |2027 |''Baahubali: The Eternal War – Part 1'' | |Screenplay |- | TBA | ''Meebo and Me'' | | Director |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1995 | ''Clerks'' | | Special thanks |- | 1996 | ''Hiatus'' | | Executive producer |- | 1999 | ''Viewaskew's Look Back at Mallrats'' | Himself – Producer | Special thanks |- | 2006 | ''Clerks II: Unauthorized'' | Himself | |- | 2012 | ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' | | Writer: Six episodes |- |2014 |''Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!'' | |Editor |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Videos ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 2001 | ''Judge Not: In Defence of Dogma'' | Himself – Interviewee | Producer |- | 2002 | ''{{sortname|An|Evening With Kevin Smith}}'' | Himself – Voice Over the Phone | |- | rowspan="3"| 2004 | ''Clerks: 10th Anniversary Q & A'' | Himself | |- | ''Clerks: The Lost Scene'' | | Producer |- | ''Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks'' | Himself | |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Train Wreck!'' | Himself | Editor |- | ''Back to the Well: Clerks II'' | Himself | Executive producer<br />Special thanks |- | 2009 | ''Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc'' | Himself | |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Short films ! Year ! Title ! Job ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1992 | ''Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary'' | Director<br />writer<br />producer | |- | 2002 | ''{{sortname|The|Flying Car|dab=2002 film}}'' | Producer<br />editor<br />First assistant director | |- | 2007 | ''Salim Baba'' | Producer | Oscar nominated for Best Documentary Short |- | 2016 | ''Eddie's Life Coach'' | Director | ''Sing'' short film |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|608714}} * [http://inetfilm.com/movies/documentary/kevin-smith.php Mae Day] Scott Mosier's first film, a documentary shot while in film school
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