Ron E. Scott

Ron E. Scott (born December 7, 1967) is a Canadian-Metis showrunner and director. He is the founder of Prairie Dog Film + Television, an independent production company involved in creating scripted series. Company projects have been nominated for over 140 awards, including Best Dramatic Series and Best Dramatic Writing at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Scott is best known for Blackstone, Mixed Blessings and the one-hour procedural dramatic series Tribal.

Early life Scott was born to a Metis-Cree family in Edmonton, Alberta. Drawing from his childhood background, Scott grew up in a dysfunctional, part-native, part-white world that influenced his work. He found storytelling and cinema as an outlet: "The language of cinema from an early age and my challenging childhood helped me speak into different aspects", and "My childhood and earlier adult years were filled with stories and experiences that prepared me." for his contributions to the Canadian Arts scene.

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