About

Award-winning writer-director and producer Kiel Adrian Scott’s film and television works are examinations of the psychological and systemic ramifications of being marginalized and undervalued in modern society. Most recently Scott directed five episodes of the second season of OWN’s critically acclaimed series David Makes Man. In 2019 Scott directed three episodes of the series’ Peabody Award-winning first season. In 2018 Scott helmed BET’s hit miniseries The Bobby Brown Story, which won him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special. In 2016, Scott collaborated with his long-time mentor Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, as a co-writer on Lee’s video game film NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream. A two-time finalist in the Student Academy Awards, Scott’s short film works have won several major film festivals, awards and distinctions, among them: the Directors Guild of America Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the American Black Film Festival’s HBO Short Film Competition, The Urbanworld Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short and Audience Awards, and the Saatchi & Saatchi “NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE” Producer’s Award.