Education
Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts and earned a Master of Fine Arts before he began his career in Washington District of Columbia"s Arena Stage.
Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts and earned a Master of Fine Arts before he began his career in Washington District of Columbia"s Arena Stage.
While at the Arena Stage, he managed the improvisational touring company The Living Stage. In 1981, he directed his first feature film, Bustin" Loose. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott directed several television series and television movies including Gimme a Break!, Scarecrow and Mistress
King, Crash Course, New Attitude, Civil Wars, American Gothic, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Providence.
In 2002, Scott directed the Video Hits One television movie Play’d – A Hip Hop Story starring Rashaan Nall and Toni Braxton. The series went on to become Video Hits One"s highest rated program
The following year, Scott directed the Disney channel original movie The Cheetah Girls. Since directing The Cheetah Girls, Scott has gone on to direct episodes of Strong Medicine, Everybody Hates Chris, Boston Legal, The Unit, Medium, Computer Society of India: New York, and NCIS. In addition to directing, Scott also wrote episodes of The Jeffersons and served as supervising producer on two episodes of The District.