Scott Woolley

Scott Woolley (born September 7, 1960) is an American television producer. In 1991, after working and operating his grocery chain for twelve years, he founded Five Star Productions, a film and video production company. Through his company, Woolley produced 23 television shows since 1992. In 2009, he was a producer for William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet.

Early life and education Woolley was born in Queens, and grew up in Smithtown, Long Island. At the age of 10, Woolley started working in his family grocery store chain, Foodtown (United States). By 1991, Woolley's was a chain of 42 stores. In 2005, Woolley, supporting John Capra and John Paul DeJoria launched John Paul Pet, a company which produces grooming products for pets based on the John Paul Mitchell Systems brand. In 2009, Woolley sold his daily television series on the Lifetime Television Network, closing Five Star and launched a new Entertainment & Marketing company The SW Group.

Woolley is also a founding member of the Founder's Club for FAU football.

Five Star Productions Woolley started with video production while he was experimenting ways to keep the customers at his family's grocery store entertained while they were waiting in line. He did this by mounting television sets on the ceiling and playing instructional and cooking shows on them. Woolley developed his first production, Flight, after noticing the large number of available aviation magazines, and noting the variety of articles and advertisements about everything from airports to propellers.

The production company started with three people working out of a small office in Boca Raton. By 1993, the company had grown and was employing 20 people, when Woolley formed a partnership with John Paul DeJoria and subsequently the company grew even further. In 1993, the company produced Today`s Environment hosted by Ed Begley Jr., a show that profiled what businesses had done to protect the environment. The show was telecast on CNBC as well as the Discovery Channel. The company produced Business First in 1998. In the show, Jack Kemp interviewed corporate executives. The Next Millenium with Peter Weller, Football Playbook, and Teen Scene. In 2003, Woolley created The Balancing Act, a 30-minute weekly series that aired on the Lifetime Television network hosted by Joanna Kerns.

Woolley helped develop a child safety program with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department called the Call-A-Cop as part of the program, cards pairing deputies with athletes and celebrities were prepared. The card also listed statistics of the celebrity and the deputy as well as the phone number of the featured deputy. Woolley helped with the photo shoots as well as in designing the cards and gathering all the athletes and celebrities.

In 1998, Woolley expanded into radio by creating the nationally syndicated, weekly program Inside the NHL hosted by John Davidson and Jeff Rimer. Since 1992, twenty-three television series', and entertainment specials, films, corporate videos and music specials have been produced and created under Woolley's direction by Five Star. Five Star is responsible for writing, producing and directing its shows as well as obtaining sponsors. The company created a sister firm in February 2000 by investing in a digital-technology operation, allowing Five Star to do its own editing.

Awards In 1999, Woolley received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Florida. Woolley and his productions have been the recipient of industry awards including three Emmys, ADDY Awards and Aurora Awards.

Filmography As a producer Year Title Notes 1992 Flight 13 episodes 1992 Sporting Edge 10 episodes 1993 Today's Environment 126 episodes 1994 Parenting & Beyond 86 episodes 1995 Today's Health 102 episodes 1995 Gadgets Gizmos & More 4 episodes 1997 The Next Millennium 10 episodes 1997 The Best of Wine & Food 36 episodes 1998 Hi Tech Toys for the Holidays 12 episodes - 1998 Business First 13 episodes 1999 Football Playbook 13 episodes 2001 The Balancing Act 88 episodes 2002 Dive Today 13 episodes 2002 Deep Purple: Perihelion Live Live Concert DVD / Special 2002 Dave Mason; Live at Sunrise: 2002 Live Concert DVD / Special 2002 Ronnie Milsap; Live: 2002 Live Concert DVD / Special 2003 Zo's Summer Groove 13 episodes 2004 Trade Show Today 2 episodes 2006 Yanni Live! The Concert Event Live DVD 2008 Man vs. Monday Short Film (Co-Produced with Ian Ziering) 2008 Yanni: Voices Live DVD 2009 William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet Documentary