Scott Thompson

Assistant Professor of Film

BA, MFA, University of Southern California

Scott J. Thompson began teaching screenwriting in Los Angeles, while working as a development executive and story consultant for various production companies, including New Line Cinema, MTM Enterprises, and the Fred Silverman Company. He has taught for fourteen years, directed Emerson College’s Screenwriting Certificate Program for eight years, and conducted seminars for the New York Film Academy, the Cape Cod Writer’s Conference, and the Plymouth Independent Film Festival. His screenwriting has been recognized by several national competitions, including the Austin Film Festival, the Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship. His feature-length comedy, Foreign Exchange, was optioned in 2006 and is slated for principal photography in the coming months. He is currently under contract with Los Angeles-based West Coast Pictures to draft a period drama set in the 1700s. As a visiting professor at Boston University, he is the recipient of the 2007 Lyndon Baines Johnson Faculty Advisor of the Year Award.