Anna Simone Scott

Background

About Anna Simone Scott

Daytime Emmy Nomination for Take My Heart (writer-director- Producer) in Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program. American/Irish-Australian actor and award winning writer/director/producer Married & filmmaking partner with Peter Sands and their company VisionFire Films. Directorial debut film,"The Aerial Girl": six awards, four nominations. 40 Film Festivals worldwide; thrice aired on PBS. Awards: Filmmaker Award, La Femme Film Festival;(see more 'awards'), Best Drama: Women with a Vision Award, AOF. BAFTA/LA Short Film Fest. Platinum Award: Best Film & Screenplay:"Chasing Chekhov"(writer-star). Latest: writer-director:"Finding Momma": Garden State Film Festival; NYC Int. Film Festival in 2016; two noms. Theatre trained actor in Australia and UK. Worked with top directors, actors in film & TV: Phillip Noyce, Ken Cameron; Jack Thompson, Bill Hunter. Well known face of Colgate ads. London: The Young Peoples Playwrights Program at The Royal Court Theatre. Lead roles: Rep. Theatres throughout Britain; classics; new plays in London: ICA; The Gate; The Roundhouse. TV : Life At Stake for BBC; Hammer House of Horror for ITV. In NY Anna studied with venerable teachers: Stella Adler, Robert Lewis. Lead roles Off-Broadway and Off-Off. Elizabeth in "The Crucible", Sarah in Pinter's "The Lover" etc. More US TV roles. Theatre in LA: Theatre East, Complex Theatre productions of her play,"Chasing Chekhov"."Lost in the Movies" The Court Theatre;"Anon" with The Echo Theatre Co. The Actors Studio for five years. Other award winning films (writer/star):"Coming Into Money";"The Red Scarf" also produced by VisionFire Films. Combined films screened at over 70 film festivals worldwide, including Academy Award qualifying festivals and sold to TV. Feature films In devpt: Art of Deceit; Tough 2 Love. Latest play: THE GRASS COUCH great NY industry reading (as "Stranger in my House')starring Tovah Feldshuh; now moving into production. April 2018: shot pilot episode of TV series: THE OTHER DAY (EL OTRO DIA) Most recent: wrote and directed TAKE MY HEART, a drama short currently on the film festival circuit and also a segment of The Other Day spec TV pilot. Memberships: BAFTA; SAG-AFTRA; AEA; Dramatists Guild of America; Alliance of Women Directors.