John Scoular

John Scoular is a Emmy award winning Writer/Director/Cinematographer. He started his career in N.Y. as an actor before moving to Los Angeles where he honed his writing & directing skills. John wrote and directed several stage plays, as well as award winning short films before deciding to go back to film school. John began his career studying Drama at the University of Texas at El Paso on scholarship, where he also led as quarterback of the division 1A football squad. Scoular's artistic path led him back to New York to continue his studies at Herbert Bergoff Studios most notably under renowned character actor Bill Hickey. He is a graduate of The Los Angeles Film School where he majored in Directing, Cinematography & Screenwriting. Upon graduating with honors John Directed his first feature film from his original screenplay. "Lunatics, Lovers & Poets". The film won 6 awards including "Best Screenplay", "Best Feature", "Best Director"... The award winning film was released in theaters through Carmike Cinemas and continues to sell on Amazon both on DVD & VOD. Looking for a change of scenery; John and his Producer wife Madeline Scoular packed up the kids and opened up shop in beautiful Naples, Fl. His most recent productions are Paradise Reef, a documentary film which took 3 years to film and aired on PBS. Both Director/Cinematographer John Scoular and producer Madeline Scoular received Emmy Awards for their work on Paradise Reef. This past year John also produced, directed, filmed and edited the documentary film "Marcus Jansen: Examine & Report". The documentary film has won awards and screened in Milan, Italy and is about to be shown in Museums all over Germany. The film will be released on Amazon January 2017.