Scott Ziehl
American film director
Scott Ziehl is an American film director.
Ziehl attended Santa Barbara Community College before graduating from UCLA in 1990 with a degree in political science and psychology. He began his career as a producer of straight-to-video films. His first feature film, Broken Vessels, was produced with a budget of $600,000 and won the Audience Award the 1998 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. After the film's success, he was hired by Miramax to develop and direct the action film Airtime.
Filmography
2012 - Shadow Witness
2008 - Exit Speed
2007 - Saints & Sinners (TV series)
2006 - Road House 2 (video)
2005 - Demon Hunter
2004 - Three Way
2004 - Cruel Intentions 3 (video)
2001 - Earth vs.
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