Scott Meek(I)
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
Born Glasgow 1950. Educated Hutcheson's Boys' Grammar and Glasgow
University. Joined British Film Institute in 1972 as Deputy Manager of
the National Film Theatre then as Feature Films Officer of the National
Film Archive, responsible for selecting all film for the national
collection. Co-author of BFI publications on Robert Aldrich and of
Electric Shadows: 50 years of Chinese Cinema. In 1979 organized, with
Tony Rayns, Electric Shadows a ground breaking retrospective of Chinese
cinema which started in London and led to a rediscovery of Chinese film
history worldwide. Wrote regularly on film for Time Out, The
Independent, Sight and Sound, The Observer and was regular reviewer for
BBC and Capitol Radio. Joined Zenith Productions on its inception in
1984 as Script Editor then 1985 as Head of Development, becoming Head
of Creative Affairs, Head of Production, and finally Chief Executive.
Left Zenith in 1998. Developed, helped finance and was creative
supervisor of all Zenith features and TV drama in this 14 year period
(over 20 features). Zenith won awards from the Evening Standard and the British
Film Institute for outstanding artistic achievement as a company.
Insignificance, Prick Up Your Ears, Patty Hearst, Simple Men,Velvet
Goldmine, A Gathering of Old Men, The Reflecting Skin, Slam Dance and
Henry Fool (which Scott developed but was not produced by Zenith) were
all official selections at the Cannes Film Festival where Prick Up Your
Ears, Henry Fool and Velvet Goldmine all won awards. The Hit, Sid and
Nancy, Wish You Were Here and Amateur were all shown in the Quinzaine
des Realisateurs. Trust and Walking and Talking were both selected for
Sundance where Trust won the Best Screenplay Award. The Dead and Velvet
Goldmine both had Academy Award nominations (Adapted Screenplay,
Costume). TV includes Inspector Morse, Hamish Macbeth, Tales from the
Hollywood Hills, A Gathering of Old Men, Fields of Fire, A Dangerous
Life, Rhodes, Tinsel Town and hundreds of hours of drama, winning many
Baftas and international awards. Founded Deep Indigo Productions with
Nigel Stafford-Clark in 1999 which again won many awards for its
television dramas. In 2005 left Deep Indigo to become Head of Drama for
the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, then Evaluation Manager of the
Australian Film Finance Corporation. In 2009 became a senior creative
consultant to Screen Australia. Scott served for many years on the
Board of Scottish Screen where he was Chair of the Development
Committee and was also Chair of the British Film Institute Production
Board, acting on the Board of the BFI.