Shane Scott
| Shane Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Shane Scott McConachie December 9, 1966 Kingman, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer; Texas officeholder (San Marcos city councilman) |
| Website | http://broomclosetstudio.com |
Shane Scott (born December 9, 1966) is an 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.
Biography
Early life
Shane Scott McConachie was born in Kingman, 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 in Conroe, Texas, he took advantage of all the natural elements around him. Scott attended college at Texas State in San Marcos, Texas, majoring in Criminal Justice.
Career
In 1990, Shane started his own company selling and restoring Porsche 911. In 1999, Mike Judge's movie Office Space asked Scott to build the Porsche 911 that gets the bumper ripped off in one scene. This experience rekindled his love of filmmaking. He wrote and shot his first short film, The Scab, which 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, he 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, whose production budget was only $5,000.00 USD (estimated). The film was successful in different film festivals and received an offer for DVD distribution. Scott is one of the few filmmakers to ever sale their first film to the movie industry open market. At the end of 2006, Scott's studio, Broom Closet Studio in Austin, Texas, burned to the ground after he had completed the shooting of his second feature film, The Magnificent Dead.
Personal life
Scott lives in San Marcos, Texas. In 2010, Scott filed for and won a two-year term on the San Marcos City Council, and has been re-elected since. His last race was in 2014. He is an active community volunteer, assisting with the National Runaway Hotline, Special Olympics, Boy Scouts, and the Christian Federation of Police Officers (CFPO) athletic leagues.[1][2][3]