Scott Perry (filmmaker)

Scott Perry (born January 10, 1963 in Mankato, Minnesota) is an American filmmaker, businessman, author and engineer. Known in the indie film and theater communities for his feature films Teenage Catgirls in Heat, Jetblast, and most recently Sixgun. He is credited with creating Texas' first and only pre-lit greenscreen facility and with the invention of a new greenscreen/compositing technology that produces composite-ready matte shots, with no need for further matte pulling.

He has worked as a writer, producer and director for 25 years starting with industrial films and television commercials, then proceeding to feature films. He has specialized in indie films while maintaining ties to the theater world via his founding role in the Austin's seminal improv troupe Monks Night Out.

Perry has also developed film technology companies ranging from MPG, Inc. over rental companies CinemaTech to his newest venture Austin Compositing Center.

Film and Theater career

Scott Perry moved to Austin in 1995 to make his first movie called, Teenage Catgirls in Heat. The film did remarkably well for a B-movie, airing on a number of cable channels and getting a VHS release.

In 1999 and 2000, Perry worked on another film called Jet Blast, a comedy centered on jumbo jetliners crashing into tall buildings, finishing it in August 2001 and getting a slot for it in the Austin Film Festival. Following the events of September 11, 2011 the film was pulled from the festival lineup.

After the failure of Jet Blast, Perry headed for Los Angeles where he later decided to try again settling on the concept of a western entitled Sixgun. Once more, Perry made Austin home and wound up shooting at Pioneer Farms, the educational venue operated by the Austin Heritage Society in Northeast Austin. He also used the Enchanted Rock area and Willie Nelson’s “western town,” Luck, Texas, near Lake Travis.

The actors and crew worked sixteen-hour days in 108-degree heat. They slept on the ground, wearing only one change of clothes for days on end.

When their work was done, Sixgun was accepted in this year’s Austin Film Festival where it sold out twice.

Filmography

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