Shane Scott
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Shane Scott
Shane Scott (born December 9, 1966, American
director
, writer
, producer
, cinematographer
, editor
and musician
best known for making profitable, independent
films with low budgets. He shoots and produces his films in Texas
.
, Arizona
, son of Scott McConachie, an Air force
officer, and Ingrid Lourdes Nielsen Garcia, a Registered nurse
.
He began his interest in film
at age 7, after his Grandfather died and left him an old wind-up 8mm film camera
and a projector
.
Living in the country on lake Conroe
, Texas
, he took advantage of all the natural elements around him.
Adventure was his vise, always filming while galloping on horseback across a field, jumping dirt bikes, swinging from tree to tree, or skipping across the lake on a tube at high speed, he caught it on film. Shane Scott attended college at Texas State in San Marcos
, Texas
majoring in Criminal Justice
.
. In 1999, Mike Judge
’s movie Office Space
asked Shane Scott to build the Porsche 911
that gets the bumper ripped off in one scene. This experience rekindled his love of filmmaking
. Shane wrote and shot his first short film called The Scab, starring Joseph Fotinos. The Scab short was accepted to the Austin Film Festival
and received positive feed back. Shane produced a musical video for a song he wrote called Change. In 2003, Shane worked on Robert Rodriguez
's movie Spy Kids
building the plane and sub used in the movie. During the making of Spy Kids
, Shane realized that his calling was to be a director
to produce his own films. In 2006, with one camera and no script, Shane shot his first feature film titled The Legend of Ghostwolf.
The Legend of Ghostwolf production budget was only $5,000.00 USD (estimated). The film was successful in differents film festivals and received an offer for DVD
distribution. Shane Scott is one of the few filmmakers to ever sale their first film to the movie industry open market.
At the end of 2006, Shane Scott’s filmmaking came to a halt when his studio, Broom Closet Studio in Austin
, Texas
, burned to the ground after completed the shooting of his second feature film The Magnificent Dead.
, Texas
. In 2010, Scott filed for and won a two-year term on the San Marcos City Council.
Shane Scott (born December 9, 1966, American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
, editor
Film editing
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
best known for making profitable, independent
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
films with low budgets. He shoots and produces his films in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Early life
Shane Scott was born in KingmanKingman, Arizona
Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, son of Scott McConachie, an Air force
Air force
An air force, also known in some countries as an air army, is in the broadest sense, the national military organization that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army, navy or...
officer, and Ingrid Lourdes Nielsen Garcia, a Registered nurse
Registered nurse
A registered nurse is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program at a university or college and has passed a national licensing exam. A registered nurse helps individuals, families, and groups to achieve health and prevent disease...
.
He began his interest in film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
at age 7, after his Grandfather died and left him an old wind-up 8mm film camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
and a projector
Movie projector
A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.-Physiology:...
.
Living in the country on lake Conroe
Conroe, Texas
Conroe is a suburban city 40 miles north of Houston in the gulf coastal plains/piney woods region of southeast Texas.It is the seat of Montgomery County and falls within the metropolitan area.As of the 2000 U.S...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, he took advantage of all the natural elements around him.
Adventure was his vise, always filming while galloping on horseback across a field, jumping dirt bikes, swinging from tree to tree, or skipping across the lake on a tube at high speed, he caught it on film. Shane Scott attended college at Texas State in San Marcos
San Marcos, Texas
San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
majoring in Criminal Justice
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
.
Career
In 1990, Shane started his own company selling and restoring Porsche 911Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998...
. In 1999, Mike Judge
Mike Judge
Michael Craig Judge is an American animator, film director, writer and voice actor, best known as the creator and star of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head , King of the Hill , and The Goode Family .He also wrote, directed and in some instances produced the films Beavis and...
’s movie Office Space
Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film satirizing work life in a typical 1990s software company. Written and directed by Mike Judge, it focuses on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs portrayed by Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich...
asked Shane Scott to build the Porsche 911
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998...
that gets the bumper ripped off in one scene. This experience rekindled his love of filmmaking
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...
. Shane wrote and shot his first short film called The Scab, starring Joseph Fotinos. The Scab short was accepted to the Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...
and received positive feed back. Shane produced a musical video for a song he wrote called Change. In 2003, Shane worked on Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...
's movie Spy Kids
Spy Kids
The Spy Kids series is a series of family action adventure films written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot follows the adventures of two Cortez children who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are spies as well, including their estranged...
building the plane and sub used in the movie. During the making of Spy Kids
Spy Kids
The Spy Kids series is a series of family action adventure films written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot follows the adventures of two Cortez children who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are spies as well, including their estranged...
, Shane realized that his calling was to be a director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
to produce his own films. In 2006, with one camera and no script, Shane shot his first feature film titled The Legend of Ghostwolf.
The Legend of Ghostwolf production budget was only $5,000.00 USD (estimated). The film was successful in differents film festivals and received an offer for DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
distribution. Shane Scott is one of the few filmmakers to ever sale their first film to the movie industry open market.
At the end of 2006, Shane Scott’s filmmaking came to a halt when his studio, Broom Closet Studio in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, burned to the ground after completed the shooting of his second feature film The Magnificent Dead.
Personal life
Shane Scott maintains a private life in San MarcosSan Marcos, Texas
San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. In 2010, Scott filed for and won a two-year term on the San Marcos City Council.