Scott Coffey
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Scott Coffey is an American
actor
, director
, producer
, screenwriter
. His acting credits include films such as Shag
, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dream Lover
, and Mulholland Drive
. As a director he made "Ellie Parker" in 2005 and the upcoming "Jupiter".
, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre
and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. He is now an acclaimed writer director. Coffey lives in Portland, Oregon with his boyfriend, the novelist Blair Mastbaum
.
. Inspired by Bertolucci's La Luna
, he felt compelled to visit Rome
along with Paris
and Budapest
. He stayed three years, attending high school in Rome and acting in seven films, including Once Upon a Time in America
, and the CBS
miniseries
Christopher Columbus. While on location for Christopher Columbus, Coffey was contacted by the William Morris Agency
and moved to New York, where he signed with the agency and studied acting while co-starring in the off-Broadway
play It's All Talk. After a year he moved to Los Angeles
to pursue his film career and has been working ever since, appearing in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
and SpaceCamp
His television work includes a special The New Twilight Zone
entitled "Private Channel
", as well as a memorable Amazing Stories
episode directed by Robert Zemeckis
and featuring Christopher Lloyd
and Coffey's Some Kind of Wonderful costar, Mary Stuart Masterson
.
Coffey's feature film
, Ellie Parker
(2005), which finished production in July 2005, was an Official Selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
and won the New American Cinema Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival
. It was released in the fall of that year by Strand Releasing to rave reviews - http://www.scottcoffey.net/Scott_Coffey_Scott_Coffey_Scott_Coffey/Scott_Coffey_Reviews.html . He wrote another film based on the short story, All God's Children Can Dance by Haruki Murakami
. Coffey is writing the film adaptation of Lolly Winston's novel Happiness Sold Separately for Fox Searchlight Pictures
, which he will direct, with Julia Roberts
starring. He's recently directed videos for Handsome Furs and Dath Vessel both on Sub Pop. Coffey is in pre-production on the film Jupiter, which he will direct. Jupiter was co- written with Blair Mastbaum.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. His acting credits include films such as Shag
Shag (1989 film)
Shag is a 1989 comedy film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. The film features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in cooperation with the North Carolina Film Commission. The soundtrack album was on Sire/Warner Bros...
, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dream Lover
Dream Lover (1994 film)
Dream Lover is a 1994 film, starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick. It was directed and written by Nicholas Kazan.-Plot:The movie opens on divorce proceedings involving Ray Reardon , a successful architect, and his first wife...
, and Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive (film)
Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, and Laura Harring. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
. As a director he made "Ellie Parker" in 2005 and the upcoming "Jupiter".
Personal life
Coffey was born and raised in Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre
Community theatre
Community theatre refers to theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community...
and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. He is now an acclaimed writer director. Coffey lives in Portland, Oregon with his boyfriend, the novelist Blair Mastbaum
Blair Mastbaum
Blair Mastbaum is an American writer and a former model who lives in Portland, Oregon.- Career :Mastbaum acted in and produced the 2005 Sundance Film Festival official competition film, Ellie Parker, directed by Scott Coffey.- Clay's Way :...
.
Career
At sixteen, with the money he had earned acting, he travelled to EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Inspired by Bertolucci's La Luna
La Luna (film)
La Luna, also known as Luna, is a 1979 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Jill Clayburgh. The film concerns the troubled life of a teenage boy and his relationship with his parents, including an incestuous relationship with his mother.-Plot:Joe is the son of famous opera...
, he felt compelled to visit Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
along with Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. He stayed three years, attending high school in Rome and acting in seven films, including Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian epic crime film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime...
, and the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
Christopher Columbus. While on location for Christopher Columbus, Coffey was contacted by the William Morris Agency
William Morris Agency
WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...
and moved to New York, where he signed with the agency and studied acting while co-starring in the off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
play It's All Talk. After a year he moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to pursue his film career and has been working ever since, appearing in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes.The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller , who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago...
and SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp is a 1986 American film based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B...
His television work includes a special The New Twilight Zone
The New Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.-Series history:...
entitled "Private Channel
Private Channel
Private Channel is the third segment of the thirty-third episode Private Channel is the third segment of the thirty-third episode Private Channel is the third segment of the thirty-third episode (the ninth episode of the second season (1986-1987) of the television series The New Twilight...
", as well as a memorable Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (TV series)
Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes...
episode directed by Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...
and featuring Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He played Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi and more...
and Coffey's Some Kind of Wonderful costar, Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson is an American film, stage and television actress and director.-Early life:Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Masterson Jr., and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the...
.
Coffey's feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
, Ellie Parker
Ellie Parker
Ellie Parker is a 2005 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Coffey. The title character, played by Naomi Watts, is a young woman struggling as an actress in Los Angeles....
(2005), which finished production in July 2005, was an Official Selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and won the New American Cinema Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
. It was released in the fall of that year by Strand Releasing to rave reviews - http://www.scottcoffey.net/Scott_Coffey_Scott_Coffey_Scott_Coffey/Scott_Coffey_Reviews.html . He wrote another film based on the short story, All God's Children Can Dance by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize among others.He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature...
. Coffey is writing the film adaptation of Lolly Winston's novel Happiness Sold Separately for Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight Pictures, established in 1998, is a film division of Fox Filmed Entertainment alongside the larger Fox studio 20th Century Fox...
, which he will direct, with Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
starring. He's recently directed videos for Handsome Furs and Dath Vessel both on Sub Pop. Coffey is in pre-production on the film Jupiter, which he will direct. Jupiter was co- written with Blair Mastbaum.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp SpaceCamp SpaceCamp is a 1986 American film based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B... |
Gardener | Credited as T. Scott Coffey |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes.The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller , who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago... |
Adams | Credited as T. Scott Coffey | |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Ray | |
| Zombie High Zombie High -Plot:A teenage girl gains a scholarship to an all-male boarding school, but soon discovers that her fellow classmates are becoming personality-less drones... |
Felner | Alternative title: The School That Ate My Brain | |
| 1988 | Satisfaction Satisfaction (film) Satisfaction is a 1988 drama starring Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson. It is one of the few theatrical productions by both Aaron Spelling and NBC.-Plot:... |
Nickie | Alternative title: Girls of Summer |
| 1989 | Shag Shag (1989 film) Shag is a 1989 comedy film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. The film features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in cooperation with the North Carolina Film Commission. The soundtrack album was on Sire/Warner Bros... |
Chip Guillyard | Alternative title: Shag: The Movie |
| The Big Picture The Big Picture (film) The Big Picture is a 1989 comedy film starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Christopher Guest.-Plot:In a fictionalized version of Tinseltown itself, Nick Chapman is an up and coming film director hot off the win of a student academy award for his short film. No sooner does the award bring him into... |
Waiter | Credited as T. Scott Coffey | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart Wild at Heart (film) Wild at Heart is a 1990 American film written and directed by David Lynch, and based on Barry Gifford's 1989 novel Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula. Both the book and the film revolve around Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune , a young couple from Cape Fear, North Carolina who go on... |
Billy | Scenes deleted |
| 1991 | Shout Shout (film) Shout is a 1991 film starring John Travolta as a music teacher who introduces rock and roll to a west Texas home for boys in 1955. Travolta was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor.... |
Bradley | |
| 1993 | Coffee and Cigarettes Coffee and Cigarettes Coffee and Cigarettes is the title of three short films and a 2003 feature film by independent director Jim Jarmusch. The 2003 film consists of 11 short stories which share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread, and includes the earlier three films.... |
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| The Temp | Lance | ||
| Wayne's World 2 Wayne's World 2 Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a Public-access television cable TV show from Aurora, Illinois. The film was adapted from a sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live and is the sequel to Wayne's World.... |
Heavy Metaller | ||
| 1994 | Dream Lover Dream Lover (1994 film) Dream Lover is a 1994 film, starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick. It was directed and written by Nicholas Kazan.-Plot:The movie opens on divorce proceedings involving Ray Reardon , a successful architect, and his first wife... |
Billy | |
| 1995 | Breaking Free | Blitz | Alternative title: A Leap of Faith |
| Tank Girl Tank Girl (film) Tank Girl is a 1995 science fiction action film loosely based on the Tank Girl comic book created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and stars Lori Petty as Rebecca Buck, aka the eponymous Tank Girl, who had originally appeared in the UK comic magazine... |
Donner | ||
| 1996 | Rolling Thunder | Lewis | |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | Teddy | |
| The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson is a mockumentary on the disappearance of a fictitious wealthy British film producer, Kevin Johnson, who is dealing in sex, lies and blackmail in Hollywood. This marked Dudley Moore's last live-action role before his death.... |
Video Engineer | ||
| 2001 | Never Date an Actress | The caring boyfriend | |
| Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive (film) Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, and Laura Harring. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival... |
Wilkins | ||
| 2002 | Rabbits Rabbits (film) Rabbits is a 2002 series of short video films written and directed by David Lynch. It depicts three humanoid rabbits in a room, played by Scott Coffey, Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts. Their disjointed conversations are interrupted by a random laugh track. Rabbits is presented with the tagline... |
Jack | |
| 2005 | Ellie Parker Ellie Parker Ellie Parker is a 2005 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Coffey. The title character, played by Naomi Watts, is a young woman struggling as an actress in Los Angeles.... |
Chris | Writer, director, producer |
| 2006 | Inland Empire Inland Empire (film) Inland Empire, sometimes styled as INLAND EMPIRE, is a 2006 mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. It was his first feature-length film since 2001's Mulholland Drive, and shares many similarities with that film. It premiered in Italy at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2006... |
Jack Rabbit | Voice |
| 2007 | Normal Adolescent Behavior Normal Adolescent Behavior Normal Adolescent Behavior is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Beth Schacter. The film was an official selection of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.... |
Philosophy Teacher | Alternative title: Havoc 2: Normal Adolescent Behavior |
| All God's Children Can Dance | |
Writer | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus | Vallejo | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Hotel Hotel (TV series) Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.... |
Martin | 1 episode |
| Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :... |
Tim Brent | 1 episode | |
| Amazing Stories Amazing Stories (TV series) Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes... |
Peter Brand | 1 episode | |
| 1987 | MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles... |
Michael Thornton | 1 episode |
| The Twilight Zone | Keith Barnes | 1 episode | |
| 1988 | Paradise Paradise (TV series) Paradise is an American Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from 1988 to 1991. Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter, the series presents the adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.-Synopsis:Paradise... |
Dick Bradley | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Montana | Willie | Television movie |
| The Outsiders The Outsiders (TV series) The Outsiders is an American drama series that aired in 1990 on Fox. Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series was executive produced by the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.-Synopsis:... |
Randy Anderson | 2 episodes | |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction... |
Bobby | 1 episode |
| 1995 | JAG JAG (TV series) JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions... |
Corporal David Parr | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Nowhere Man Nowhere Man (TV series) Nowhere Man is an American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood. Created by Lawrence Hertzog, the series aired Monday nights on UPN. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guides label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one... |
Gary Greer, recruit #5 | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Route 9 | Nate | Television movie |
Directorial work
| FILMS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | ||
| 2005 | "Ellie Parker" | ||
| Music videos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
| 2011 | "What About Us" | Handsome Furs Handsome Furs Handsome Furs is a Montreal-based indie rock duo which consists of Dan Boeckner, of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic, and his wife, writer Alexei Perry.-Music:... |
Sound Kapital |
| 2009 | "I'm Confused" | Handsome Furs Handsome Furs Handsome Furs is a Montreal-based indie rock duo which consists of Dan Boeckner, of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic, and his wife, writer Alexei Perry.-Music:... |
FACE CONTROL |
| 2009 | "Circa" | Death Vessel Death Vessel Death Vessel is a neo-traditional folk band from Rhode Island, signed to Sub Pop and ATP Recordings, and headed by Joel Thibodeau. Their first album, Stay Close was released on North East Indie in 2005 to critical acclaim.-Biography:... |
Nothing is Precious Enough For Us |
| 2008 | "Move You" | Anya Marina Anya Marina Anya Marina is a singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California. Her music has primarily gained notice after being on a variety of television sitcoms and has been featured on prime time dramas.the ABC television drama Grey's Anatomy as well as CBS's How I Met Your Mother, MTV's The Real World,... |
Slow and Steady Seduction |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film or series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Independent Spirit Award | Nominated | Best Supporting Male | Shag |
| 2005 | Seattle International Film Festival Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees... |
Won | New American Cinema Special Jury Prize | Ellie Parker |
| 2005 | Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new... |
Nominated | Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) | Ellie Parker |