Scott started his pursuit of writing and filmmaking before the age of ten.  He began to receive recognition for his work in the fifth grade when he received first prize in the Louisville Courier-Journal Young Authors Awards for his short fantasy novella Prism.  During the same year, he also began his eight-year participation in the Association of Indiana Media Educators' annual media fairs.  After winning first place in 1985, 1986, and 1988, Scott earned five consecutive "best in state" awards for the multi-media presentations Hollow Eyes (1989), The Gargoyle (1990), Anything Can Everything Will (1991), Maybe the Sky is Falling (1992), and The Gallery Surreal (1992).  In addition to these awards, Scott was invited to judge at the 1993 competition. 

During his first year at Indiana University, Scott's short-subject feature Maybe the Sky is Falling won third place in the International Student Media Festival, sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.  A year later, he received a university grant to produce his first feature-length video movie, Variations (1995).

At IU Scott focused on film theory and aesthetics, while also taking advantage of production courses in radio, film and television.  During this time he produced several short films and videos, including Men's Room, Neon Angels, and Intersection Ballet.  He received excellent marks in screenwriting from the theatre department's in-house playwright Dennis Reardon.  He also received a scholarship for his work in video art, under the tutelage of Georgia Strange.

Between 1997 and 2000, Scott's creative efforts were concentrated on writing and directing DarWest, an animated fantasy-adventure that involved a 22-person voice cast, illustrators and designers from IU, and computer artists and engineers from Purdue University.  The work-in-progress was a finalist in the 2000 Hometown Film Festival.

In 2001, Scott wrote and directed two live-action projects:  Boy in the Making, a story focusing on the tragic consequences of young male peer pressure; and Three Animals, One Stuffed, a short subject about two college students' one night stand gone awry.  During the following year, Scott wrote and directed two more movies:  a horror film entitled House of Hope and a comedic road trip called Off the Beaten Path.  In 2003, he wrote and directed the supernatural thriller The Day Joe Left.  In late 2005, he completed production of a short werewolf movie called Full Moon Sonny.

While always a student of film, Scott decided to earn his B.A. in sociology at Indiana University, an area of interest that permeates his filmmaking.  While in Bloomington, Indiana, he also managed the city's historic Von Lee Theatre and hosted the film music radio program "Sounds of Cinema" on FM radio WFHB. 

Scott currently lives in Bloomington, where he is working on several screenplays and motion picture projects.

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