Scott Mann

Scott Mann is a British film director, screenwriter and technology entrepreneur. Originally from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, he is co-founder and CEO of the AI company Flawless, which develops tools for film editing and dubbing. Mann is best known for directing films including The Tournament, Heist (2015), Final Score (2018), and Fall (2022).

Early life and education Mann was born and raised in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. He studied film and television production before entering television and film directing. In 2011, he was attached to direct a contemporary remake of Seven Samurai for The Weinstein Company, but that version was never realized.

He later directed Heist (2015), originally titled Bus 657, starring Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Dave Bautista. His subsequent films include Final Score (2018) and Fall (2022), which he co-wrote and which used AI-driven post-production techniques to modify dialogue and lip synchronization without reshoots.

Flawless In 2021, Mann co-founded Flawless with Nick Lynes, focusing on ethical AI for film editing and dubbing. The company’s first tool, TrueSync, alters actors’ lip movements to match re-recorded dialogue. It was named among Time’s “Best Inventions of 2021.”

Flawless later developed DeepEditor, integrating AI into editing workflows to modify visual and audio elements. In 2025, Time named Flawless among its “TIME100 Most Influential Companies,” citing its work in generative film editing and AI ethics. The company also partnered with Imperial College London under its I-X Business Partners programme to advance AI and synthetic media research.

Patents Mann is named inventor or co-inventor on multiple patent publications related to generative film editing and audiovisual synthesis, including: Modification of objects in film Generative films Generative film editing Neural network for audio and video dubbing with 3D facial modelling

Filmography Short films Year Title Director Writer 1995 The Sneeze 2003 Chaingangs 2006 Pocket Thief 2006 Tug of War

Feature films Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2005 Down Amongst the Dead Men Co-directed with Nick Rowntree 2009 The Tournament 2015 Heist 2018 Final Score 2022 Fall 2026 Fall 2: Deadpoint

Television Year Title Director Producer Notes 1999 Antique Fair 2001 Stars in Their Eyes: Kids 2004 Celebrities Exposed 2011 The Betty Driver Story TV movie 2018 Six Episode “Indian Country” 2019 The Oath 3 episodes

Recognition Time – Best Inventions (2021) for Flawless TrueSync Time – TIME100 Most Influential Companies (2025)