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| name          = Leigh Scott
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| birth_date    = {{bda|1972|2|18}}
| birth_place   = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], [[U.S.]]
| occupation    = [[Film producer|Producer]], [[Film director]], [[Writer]]
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'''Leigh Scott''' (born '''Leigh Scott Andrew Slawner'''; February 18, 1972{{Citation needed}}; February 18, 1972{{Citation needed}}) is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]], [[writer]], [[film producer|producer]], [[actor]] and [[cinematographer]].<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1166559/Leigh-Scott/filmography New York Times]</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]{{Citation needed}}, he is the eldest of three children{{Citation needed}}. He attended [[Rufus King High School]].{{Citation needed}}  He has two sisters, Erica and Amber{{Citation needed}}, and is the son of Ben and Laura Slawner{{Citation needed}}. In 1990, Scott moved to [[Los Angeles, California]]{{Citation needed}} to attend the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]]{{Citation needed}}. Upon graduation in 1994, he went to work for [[Roger Corman]]'s [[Concorde Pictures]]{{Citation needed}}. While working for Corman he learned the basics of low and no budget [[film production]].{{Citation needed}} 	
After leaving Concorde, he went on to produce, direct and star in two feature films ''[[Beach House (1998 film)|Beach House]]'' and ''[[Art House]]''.{{Citation needed}} Neither film garnered financial or critical success.
 	
After a brief hiatus, he returned to Los Angeles and went to work for independent production company [[The Asylum]]{{Citation needed}}. While at the Asylum, he produced and/or directed over fifteen films in a span of two years.{{Citation needed}} He has become known{{Citation needed}} for responding directly to his critics on [[IMDb]].{{Citation needed}}
 
Currently, Scott is the head of Blackthorn Industries L.L.C., a [[New York]] based [[film production]] and distribution company{{Citation needed}}.  His films are produced under the Imaginarium Studios film banner.{{Citation needed}}

== Films ==
Besides the two comedies ''Beach House'' and ''Art House'' his films have primarily been in the [[exploitation film]] genre{{Citation needed}}, including [[horror film]]s, [[sci-fi film]]s and [[fantasy film]]s.{{Citation needed}}
 
Some films of note{{whom}} include ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse]]'', ''[[The Beast of Bray Road]]'', ''[[Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers]]'', ''[[The 9/11 Commission Report (film)|The 9/11 Commission Report]]'' and ''[[Transmorphers]]''. He was the line producer and even made a brief appearance in ''[[H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005 film)|H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds]]'', one of three [[2005 in film|2005]] film adaptations of the [[H.G. Wells]] [[The War of the Worlds|novel]].{{Citation needed}}

Scott also directed and appeared in ''[[Pirates of Treasure Island]]'', an adaptation of the novel ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], in which Scott appeared as [[Treasure Island|Ben Gunn]].{{Citation needed}}

Scott has also appeared in minor role in other production by [[The Asylum]], including: ''[[Invasion of the Pod People]]'', in which he appeared as one of the townsfolk possessed by the invading "Pod People", ''[[The Apocalypse (film)|The Apocalypse]]'', in which he played a man on the street, and ''[[Hillside Cannibals]]'', in which he played the mythical cannibal [[Sawney Bean]].{{Citation needed}}

His most recent production is [[The Witches of Oz]] starring [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Sean Astin]], [[Billy Boyd (actor)|Billy Boyd]], [[Lance Henriksen]], [[Mia Sara]], [[Jeffrey Combs]], and [[Ethan Embry]].  The film is a modern adaptation of [[L.Frank Baum]]'s world of Oz.  It contains elements from the books [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]], [[The Magic of Oz]], [[Ozma of Oz]] and [[The Road to Oz]].{{Citation needed}}

== Politics ==
Through his interviews and blogs on [[Andrew Breitbart]]'s Big Hollywood,  Scott has expressed his political views{{Citation needed}}. He is a self described [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]]{{Citation needed}} with some socially conservative views{{Citation needed}}. His film ''[[The 9/11 Commission Report (film)|The 9/11 Commission Report]]'' was screened at the conservative [[Liberty Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=42 The Liberty Film Festival - LFF Announces 2006 Film Line-up<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  His columns have been quoted by [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[The New Yorker]]{{Citation needed}} [[The New Yorker]]{{Citation needed}}, and [[The New York Times]]{{Citation needed}} and have been reposted on the popular conservative website [[Hot Air (news site)]]{{Citation needed}}.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{myspace|leighscott1}}
*{{imdb name|0805635}}
*[http://yourvideostoreshelf.com/?page_id=66/ Audio Interview on the Your Video Store Shelf Podcast]

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