Scott Mann (filmmaker)
British film director
Scott Mann is a British film director, screenwriter and technology entrepreneur. Originally from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, he is co-founder and CEO of the AI company Flawless, which develops tools for film editing and dubbing. Mann is best known for directing films including The Tournament (2009), Heist (2015), Final Score (2018), and Fall (2022).
Early life and education
Mann was born and raised in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. He studied film and television production before entering television and film directing.
Career
Mann began by directing short films such as Chaingangs (2003) and Tug of War (2006), the latter starring Julie Goodyear, Marsha Thomason and Scott Neal. He also directed programmes for Granada Television.
His feature directing debut was The Tournament (2009), a British action thriller starring Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu, Ian Somerhalder and Scott Adkins. In 2011, he was attached to direct a contemporary remake of Seven Samurai for The Weinstein Company, but that version was never realized.
He later directed Heist (2015), originally titled Bus 657, starring Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Dave Bautista.
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