Personal Information

Location

New York City

Biography

Scott Burkhardt is a graduate of Davidson College and Columbia University’s School of the Arts where he received an MFA in Film with a Concentration in Screenwriting. Scott was the recipient of several fellowships and grants at Columbia including the Carla Kuhn Fellowship, one of only six DRA fellowships given to second year students.

Scott wrote, produced and directed his graduate thesis project, The Assastant, which received the New Line Cinema Development Award, a production grant awarded to the best script as judged by the faculty and executives at New Line Cinema. Upon completion the film received finishing funds from the Milos Forman Foundation, The Caucus Foundation and the The Carole and Robert Daly Foundation. At the 2008 Columbia University Film Festival, The Assastant was a Faculty Selects film and went on to win the 20th Century Fox/Farrelly Brothers Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award and the Student Choice Award for Best Writing. The film was also an East Regional Finalist for the Student Academy Awards.

Scott is currently working as a Staff Writer in SMASH for NBC. He is orginally from Philadelphia and curently resides in New York City.

Professional Website

http://www.theassastant.com

IMDB Page

http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0121995/

Caucus Film

Film Title

The Assastant

Film Website

http://www.theassastant.com

Film Information & Synopsis

Staniel, an assassin's assistant, takes on a job himself with unintended consequences for both him and his boss, Red Cobra.

Festival Experience

2008 Columbia University Film Festival
2008 Palm Springs ShortsFest
2009 Bumbershoot Festival (SIFF)

History

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