Scott Alexander

Writing

Scott Alexander

Born 1963-06-16 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Scott Alexander is a writer and producer, best known for 1408 (2007), Man on the Moon (1999) and Ed Wood (1994). He attended the University of Southern California, and instructed screenwriting seminars at USC film school in the late 1980s.

Acting credits

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt poster
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For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators. Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt is an in-depth documentary tracing artist Friedman's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker. The film, directed by Kevin Dougherty, features interviews with Friedman's friends and colleagues, including Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, Mike Judge, Merrill Markoe and many others.

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

2024

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7.0

Organist Korla Pandit was an alluring enigma, a television pioneer and the godfather of exotica music. He never spoke a word on 900 episodes of his groundbreaking 1950s TV program but captured the hearts of countless Los Angeles housewives with his soulful, hypnotic gaze and theatrical performance of popular tunes and East Indian compositions on the newly developed Hammond B3 organ. In the ’90s he resurfaced as a cult figure with the tiki/lounge music aficionados and ended up immortalized in the film Ed Wood. Often pegged as a “man of mystery,” Korla lived up to that billing when he took an amazing secret with him to his grave in 1998—one that is finally revealed in KORLA.

Korla

2015

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames poster
8.0

While known for cinema classics such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses and the Pink Panther series, the iconic director, screenwriter and producer Blake Edwards was also a sculptor and painter, loving husband and devoted father. Featuring never-before-seen archival video and stills, American Masters offers an exploration into his complex life and genre-spanning career, as shared by filmmakers and family.

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

2024

Dreams on Spec poster
5.7

"Dreams on Spec" takes an intimate look at how far people will go - and how much they will sacrifice - for the chance to pursue their dreams. This feature-length documentary delves into the lives of three aspiring Hollywood screenwriters as they pour their hearts into their spec scripts, pitch their ideas to anyone who will listen, go to meetings, hold table reads, and work at low-level day-jobs - all in the hopes of one day seeing one of their beloved creations made into a movie. These poignant portraits are intercut with wisdom from a "Greek Chorus" of superstar Hollywood creative-types like James L. Brooks, Nora Ephron, Gary Ross, and Carrie Fisher to forge a funny and compelling look at inspiration, creativity, and solitude in the movie industry.

Dreams on Spec

2007

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos poster
7.2

A documentary about the Marx Brothers containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others.

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

2016

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood poster
8.5

A melancholy and affectionate look at the global obsession with movies, "TINSEL - The Lost Movie About Hollywood" was lost for 30 years and never shown publicly. An outside-in, inside-out view of the Motion Picture Industry circa 1990, it is a film about fame in general and the love of movies in particular. The film includes new footage offering perspective from the 21st century. The film examines the uncertain future the industry faces in its second century, as technology and new platforms change the movie-watching experience forever.

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

2020

The Beaver Gets a Boner poster
5.7

Michael Lehmann's 1985 USC student film.

The Beaver Gets a Boner

1985

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy poster
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An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which has long been considered the worst movie ever made.

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

2016

Wild Bare Twink Games poster
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There comes a time in every boy's life when he has to decide what he wants to do with it, and by the looks of it, the likes of Jasper Robinson, Scott Alexander, and Bailey Summers have made their choice. Namely to enjoy as much hard cock as possible in the minimum time. That's great news for twink porn lovers, of course, as the folks at Bare Twinks bring together Wild Bare Twink Games, a collection of sluts for the filth-fest of a lifetime, including a poolside orgy.

Wild Bare Twink Games

2025

Behind the camera

1408 poster
6.7

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

1408

2007

The People vs. Larry Flynt poster
7.0

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

Man on the Moon poster
7.2

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Man on the Moon

1999

Agent Cody Banks poster
5.5

Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.

Agent Cody Banks

2003

Ed Wood poster
7.5

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Ed Wood

1994

Problem Child poster
6.2

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.

Problem Child

1990

Dolemite Is My Name poster
7.0

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

Dolemite Is My Name

2019

Problem Child 2 poster
5.9

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.

Problem Child 2

1991

Big Eyes poster
7.0

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

Big Eyes

2014

Big Eyes poster
7.0

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

Big Eyes

2014

Auto Focus poster
6.4

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

Auto Focus

2002

Screwed poster
5.5

A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.

Screwed

2000

Screwed poster
5.5

A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.

Screwed

2000

That Darn Cat poster
5.0

While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the victim before it's too late.

That Darn Cat

1997

American Vesuvius poster
3.0

On August 25th, 79 AD, the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were flash-frozen in time when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying all life in its path. Noted paleontologist, archaeologist, and forensic physicist Charles Pellegrino is the author of Ghosts of Vesuvius, a fascinating look at this ancient volcanic eruption. In AMERICAN VESUVIUS, Pellegrino uses the emerging science of forensic archaeology to decipher clues and gather evidence that helps him reconstruct the final moments of the victims. Using the same forensic techniques, Pellegrino undertakes an investigation of the ruins of the World Trade Center. By processing evidence and interviewing witnesses, he illustrates dramatic physical parallels between Vesuvius's eruption and the collapse of the Twin Towers. His scientific exploration results in an array of startling connections between the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the man-made devastation at Ground Zero.

American Vesuvius

2007

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NR

A biopic about the famous rock band. The still-untitled film is expected to chronicle the band’s formation in the Bay Area as the ’60s psychedelic counterculture movement started to take off.

Untitled Grateful Dead Film

No artwork available
NR

A biopic about the famous rock band. The still-untitled film is expected to chronicle the band’s formation in the Bay Area as the ’60s psychedelic counterculture movement started to take off.

Untitled Grateful Dead Film

No artwork available
NR

A biopic of Bela Lugosi, the Hungarian star of stage and screen who originated the iconic role of Dracula both on Broadway and in the classic 1931 Universal horror film. The project will focus on a younger Lugosi, capturing his meteoric rise to become one of cinema’s most enduring and recognizable figures, chronicling his immigration from Hungary and rise to stardom, both as the star of Dracula onstage and onscreen, as well as his precipitous fall after declining the role of Frankenstein, which went to his future rival Boris Karloff.

Untitled Bela Lugosi Biopic

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NR

After making a fortune with his antivirus software, its creator moves to the Belize jungle and sets up a compound.

King of the Jungle