J.P. Scott

J.P. Scott was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He spent most of his adolescence and childhood living on a golf coarse (aka the world's biggest backyard). Many of his fondest memories were made in that house and in that yard which spurred his creativity as well as his childlike heart. While there, J.P. took up a great love for film thanks to his father who would watch classic films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jaws, The Good the Bad and the Ugly with him. By the time he was twelve, J.P. had started taking an interest in making films around the house and for school projects. He recalls making movie book reports for Andromeda Strain (for which he made a miniature town to mimic a plane fly by), The Sphere, Saving Private Ryan, and The Trench. Attending Arcadia High School, J.P. continued his creativity in film as well as in theatre and choir. For his senior musical, J.P. played Jean Val Jean in Les Miserables. He also made several more films during his high school career. He then attended Arizona State University where he majored in various areas as he searched for his niche (at the time ASU had no film school). Then, after being informed there would be a film school, J.P. immediately re-registered as a film major. Having already been in school for about 3 years, J.P. had to accelerate his film major career, which was a required two years, to just three semesters. During film school, he directed 4 short films and crewed on many others. In the summer of 2008, he was selected for a five week directing internship at Twentieth Century Fox with there hit show Prison Break. This experience further confirmed his conviction in becoming a film director. Weeks after the internship, Stephen King allowed J.P. Scott to adapt and film from his work Everything's Eventual. Originally, the script, written by Chad Callaghan, was only meant to be a short with a length of between 20 and 30 pages. But he soon realized the true potential of the story would be in a feature length film. He now knows, as he finishes the film, how big of an undertaking the project was. The film has exceeded all of his expectations for his first feature. He is very proud of the work put into the project and will cherish the experience for the rest of his days.