Scott Beck
Birthdate: Oct 22, 1984
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA
Scott Beck, with filmmaking partner Bryan Woods, is the co-writer of A Quiet Place (2018) and writer and/or director of a string of horror movies. While a student, Beck wrote, co-produced (with Woods), edited, and directed his debut feature, Lost/Found (2003). Beck, as a student, then co-produced Woods’ own feature films, For Always (2004), and Her Summer (2004).
Beck, as a student, then co-produced Woods’ feature films, For Always (2004), and Her Summer (2004). Beck’s second student-made feature as writer-editor-actor-director was University Heights (2004), which won MTV’s national Best Film on Campus competition.
Scott Beck, with Woods, was co-writer/director of his first theatrically distributed movie, Nightlight (2015), with Shelby Young and Chloe Bridges, and released by Lionsgate. Beck co-wrote (with Woods) the smash hit horror movie, A Quiet Place (2018), directed and starring John Krasinski, with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe, and grossing a remarkable $341 million on a $17 million budget.
Beck’s next horror project (once again with Woods) was the Eli Roth-produced Haunt (2019), released to a modest return ($2.4 million) by Momentum Pictures and co-starring Katie Stevens, Will Brittain, and Lauryn McClain. Beck, with writer-director partner Woods, then pacted with producer Sam Raimi and for the first time, a major studio (Columbia Pictures) for the prehistoric science fiction thriller, 65 (2023), starring Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt.
Beck partnered again with co-writer Woods (with credited co-writer Mark Heyman) for their adaptation of Stephen King’s 1973 short story, The Boogeyman (2023), directed by Rob Savage and with Madison Hu, Vivien Lyra Blair, and Chris Messina, and released by 20th Century Studios. Beck was co-director/writer/producer with his regular partner Woods on the horror thriller, Heretic (2024), starring Hugh Grant, with Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, and Topher Grace, and earning strong reviews in an A24 release after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Scott Beck was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised in Bettendorf, Iowa. Beck studied cinema at the University of Iowa, and founded the company, Bluebox Films, with a filmmaking partner at the university, Bryan Woods. Beck’s height is 6’ 1”.
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BMOC: After being a finalist in MTV’s Best Film on Campus competition in 2004, Scott Beck won the same competition one year later, resulting in a deal with MTV Films.
