Scott Schneid
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Scott arrived in Hollywood shortly after receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Landing a job in the William Morris Agency's training program, he worked evenings and weekends to develop the screenplay for what became Tri-Star's infamous "Silent Night, Deadly Night," receiving executive producer credit on the Yuletide horror picture, the film going on to spawn four sequels for LIVE Home Video and a 2012 Anchor Bay " re-make."
Bitten by the creative bug, Scott formed a decade-long partnership with Tony Michelman, a former Morris trainee. Together they received writing credit on produced episodes of "Hardcastle & McCormack," "Rugrats," and "Friday The Thirteenth - The Series," the latter submitted for Emmy consideration by the producers. This was followed by the motion picture "Phantom Of The Mall," starring Pauly Shore, Rob Estes and Morgan Fairchild, which was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fries Entertainment.
Development deals and close calls followed. An action/thriller of theirs was optioned by Baer Entertainment/Orion Pictures, FX genius Stan Winston and producer Gale Anne Hurd got into business with them on one of their horror specs, they partnered with director Jon Turtletaub and producer Chuck Gordon on a comedy they developed, CBS green-lit an MOW they wrote that Burt Reynolds was attached to star in, and IRS Films - in conjunction with the Chiodo Bros. - hired them to write an original.
Scott's decade-long roller coaster ride ended when he decided to pursue a welling interest in directing. Financing a 9-minute short, he was accepted into the American Film Institute's highly competitive MFA program. After his stint at the AFI, and 3 more shorts under his belt, Scott quickly optioned his first solo writing effort to producer Dale Pollock (Scott was the only director in his class of 24 that Pollock, former co-chair of the AFI producing program, got into business with). Although Pollock shut his company to become Dean of the North Carolina School Of The Arts, Scott once again optioned the project, this time to Beverly Hills-based Crusader Entertainment. Crusader attached Scott to direct the $8 million picture and placed it on the schedule for pre-production, but the film was scuttled at the last minute.
Scott is close to announcing a reboot of his and Dennis Whitehead's cult Santa-slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night," is working on "Dark Corners," a psychological nightmare he developed with "Saw's" Tobin Bell and Lorne Cameron, and is attached to direct the tween horror film "Red Racer," which he also wrote. By: Rusty Waldman
Bitten by the creative bug, Scott formed a decade-long partnership with Tony Michelman, a former Morris trainee. Together they received writing credit on produced episodes of "Hardcastle & McCormack," "Rugrats," and "Friday The Thirteenth - The Series," the latter submitted for Emmy consideration by the producers. This was followed by the motion picture "Phantom Of The Mall," starring Pauly Shore, Rob Estes and Morgan Fairchild, which was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fries Entertainment.
Development deals and close calls followed. An action/thriller of theirs was optioned by Baer Entertainment/Orion Pictures, FX genius Stan Winston and producer Gale Anne Hurd got into business with them on one of their horror specs, they partnered with director Jon Turtletaub and producer Chuck Gordon on a comedy they developed, CBS green-lit an MOW they wrote that Burt Reynolds was attached to star in, and IRS Films - in conjunction with the Chiodo Bros. - hired them to write an original.
Scott's decade-long roller coaster ride ended when he decided to pursue a welling interest in directing. Financing a 9-minute short, he was accepted into the American Film Institute's highly competitive MFA program. After his stint at the AFI, and 3 more shorts under his belt, Scott quickly optioned his first solo writing effort to producer Dale Pollock (Scott was the only director in his class of 24 that Pollock, former co-chair of the AFI producing program, got into business with). Although Pollock shut his company to become Dean of the North Carolina School Of The Arts, Scott once again optioned the project, this time to Beverly Hills-based Crusader Entertainment. Crusader attached Scott to direct the $8 million picture and placed it on the schedule for pre-production, but the film was scuttled at the last minute.
Scott is close to announcing a reboot of his and Dennis Whitehead's cult Santa-slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night," is working on "Dark Corners," a psychological nightmare he developed with "Saw's" Tobin Bell and Lorne Cameron, and is attached to direct the tween horror film "Red Racer," which he also wrote. By: Rusty Waldman