Scott Thompson

Scott is an award-winning screenwriter, whose work has been recognized by dozens of the top international festivals. He began teaching screenwriting in Los Angeles, while working as a development executive and story consultant for various production companies, including New Line Cinema, MTM Enterprises, and the Fred Silverman Company. He has taught screenwriting for over 25 years and is the current Director of Boston University’s undergraduate and graduate screenwriting programs.

He has worked as a screenwriter for production companies in Los Angeles, Montreal, Germany, Helsinki, New York and here in Boston. His adaptation of the memoir “Black Dog of Fate”, by Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian, was nominated for Hollywood’s annual Black List. He was also contracted to write a TV pilot, based upon Morgan Freeman’s experiences in the Delta blues scene.

Scott directed Emerson College’s Screenwriting Certificate Program and served as a Juror for the International Emmy’s Sir Peter Ustinov Award in Screenwriting. In addition to serving as a Narrative Programmer for the Slamdance Film Festival, and a Judge for the Humanitas Prize, he is currently working on his fourth adaptation, while developing a short film with his child. The script for this short film has won 1st place at several international festivals and, on the first day of principal photography, was ranked as the #1 Comedy Short of all-time on Coverfly’s Red List.