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Scott Russell

Selected Credits & Awards

Scott David Russell has written across film, television, fiction, comics, games, magazines, interactive media, and themed entertainment.

His work ranges from internationally distributed feature films and nationally published comics to novels, screenplays, tabletop adventures, and games.

Current & Recent Projects

Dungeons & Shakespeare — Adult animated television series
Writer / series development. Pilot screenplay completed.

Dungeons & Shakespeare — Tabletop adventure series
Writer / game designer

Chaos in Verona
Ghosts of Fallen Kings
Feywild of Midsummer

Spirits of the Glenwood — Novel
Literary mystery / magical realism. In development.

Changeling — Novel
Folkloric fantasy. In development.

Otherworld Alliance — Narrative game
Writer / designer. In development.

Avid — Men’s lifestyle magazine
Senior Editor. In production.

Books & Prose

Fiction

Spirits of the Glenwood — novel
Changeling — folkloric fantasy novel
The Parchment Heart — children’s book
Plunderworld — novel / screenplay / comics project

Film & Television

Feature Film

Exquisite Corpse — Writer / Director / Producer
Internationally distributed feature film starring
Steve Sandvoss, Nicole Vicius, Guillermo Díaz, and Tessa Thompson.

Short Films

Sideshow Attraction — Writer / Director
Repressing Tansy — Writer / Director
The Mediocre Archer — Writer / Director
Lonesome Desert — Writer / Director
Feeding Time — Writer / Director
Breathe — Writer / Director
Night of the Barking Dogs — Writer / Director
Nick of Time — Writer / Director
Scan — Writer / Director

Additional producing credits include:

Fatherland — Producer
Kid Entrepreneur — Producer
The Morning News — Producer
What the Shadows Hide — Producer

Selected films have screened at festivals, museums, and on national television, including AMC Network’s Monsterfest, the California Museum of Photography, Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award, and numerous independent festivals.

Television Writing & Script Work

Uncredited script/story work on:

Silver Surfer — 2 episodes
Amazing Spider-Man — 2 episodes
Power Rangers — 1 episode
The Tick — 1 unproduced episode

Selected Completed Screenplays

Castrato
Pressure Drop
The Scout
Great Balls of Fire
The Offshore Pirate
Whispers in a Fog
Barely Living
Christmas Wedding
Dogfight — based on The Badger comics by Mike Baron

Additional screen and television projects include Recognition, Smoke Wagon, God’s Comic, Devil’s River, Morningwood Players, Jesters, The Amazing Oliver, Floating Brothel, Mr. Right, Soccer Moms, Lighter, and Solitude.

Editorial & Comics

Fox Kids Magazine

Senior Editor — 36 issues

Writer, editor, and story developer for one of the most widely distributed children’s entertainment magazines of its era.

Editorial and writing work included major entertainment properties such as:

Spider-Man

X-Men
Goosebumps
The Tick
Power Rangers
Silver Surfer
Animaniacs

Comic writing included stories featuring Spider-Man, X-Men, The Avengers, Godzilla, and Woody Woodpecker, among others.

Literary & Independent Publishing

Muse — Literary Magazine, Editor
LCPD Berkeley — Literary Magazine, Editor
DaddyO — Webzine
Bananadog Publishing — Independent publishing project

Games & Interactive Storytelling

Otherworld Alliance — Writer / Designer
Dungeons & Shakespeare — Writer / Adventure Designer
Monster Box — Game project
Death Knocks — Game project
Wild Card — Game project
The Hunt — Game project
Zealot — Game project

Additional work includes interactive narrative, transmedia storytelling, alternate-reality experiences, and game-development education.

Comics & Graphic Storytelling

Xander and Blundt
Carl
Clockwork Assassins
Plunderworld

Additional comics and illustrated storytelling for Fox Kids Magazine, including Spider-Man, The Avengers, and other licensed properties.

Themed Entertainment & Commercial Writing

Disney Imagineering — Discovery Riverboat Ride, Writer

Additional writing and creative development for clients and properties associated with Fox Kids Network, Disney Imagineering, Warner Bros., Warner Interactive, Buena Vista Home Video, Saban, Sony Pictures, The History Channel, and independent film, media, and entertainment companies.