Ken Scott

Ken Scott (born in 1970 in Dalhousie, New Brunswick) is a Canadian screenwriter, actor, director, and comedian. He is best known as a member of the comedy group Les Bizarroïdes with Martin Petit, Stéphane E. Roy and Guy Lévesque, and as screenwriter of the films Seducing Doctor Lewis, The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance), and Starbuck, as well as television series Le Plateau.

Life and career Scott was raised in Laval, Quebec, and gained a degree in cinematography at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1991. the most noted of these, Working Title, was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986. The other two short films, Gibbons: Canada's Fighting Elite and Reel to Reel, were less widely screened. In 2002, he wrote episodes for the television series Le Plateau, in which he also played the role of François Chamberland.

In 2008, Scott produced his first feature film, Sticky Fingers, which he also wrote. It has been announced he will direct the film adaption of the Stephen King novel From a Buick 8.

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Language Notes Director Writer 1985 Working Title English with Fred Jones 2000 Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) French 2003 Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande Séduction) French 2009 Sticky Fingers (Les Doigts croches) 2011 Starbuck 2013 Delivery Man English 2015 Unfinished Business English 2018 The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (L'Extraordinaire Voyage du Fakir) 2021 Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) French 2025 Once Upon My Mother (Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan) French

Awards Scott won the Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for Seducing Doctor Lewis. He has been nominated for the Quebec film industry's Prix Jutra and the national Genie Awards four times each; at both ceremonies, Scott and Petit won the 2012 awards for Best Original Screenplay for Starbuck.