Willis, the youngest of three children was born on February 20, 1952 in Munich, Germany, where his father was on assignment with the National Security Agency. His father was then stationed in England, where he received much of is early schooling.
In 1965, he came to the United States and attended high school at Cranbrook in the suburbs of Detroit.
He is best known for working on during the height of the program"s success, and has had over thirty years News experience. After graduating he traveled, spending time in the Caribbean captaining boats. Arriving back in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1976, he got himself a job in the graphics department of American Broadcasting Company, where he worked for three years until becoming a Senior Producer at Cable News Network during the channel"s first year.
He remained there until 1981 when he was picked up by American Broadcasting Company to head the Tel Aviv Bureau.
While there he covered the Siege of Beirut as a Producer. In 1989 he moved to New York City to work at After having worked in the New York office of for three years he came to the Washington, District of Columbia office after the departure of Jeff Greenfield.
He continued to work there for another nine years, winning, Two DuPont awards and the National Press Club Edwin M. Hood Award. Scott Willis opened up his own Independent Documentary Production company called which has produced documentaries for New York Times Television, Public Broadcasting Service NOVA and the Discovery Channel.
Scott Willis has won: Two DuPont 1987–1988 Town Meeting: In the Holy Land (Producer) 1991–1992: Coverage of the Los Angeles Riots (Senior Producer) The National Press Club Edwin M. Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence in 1992 as a producer for Prime Time Live. Eleven News and Documentary Emmies 1988 "Town Meeting: In the Holy Land" (Producer) 1991 Prime Time Live "Gorbachev: The Final Hours" (Producer) 1992 "72 Hours to Victory: Behind the Scenes with Bill Clinton" (Senior Producer) 1993 "Children of War" (Senior Producer) 1994" "The End of the Search for OJ Simpson" (Senior Producer) 1995 "Oklahoma City Bombing: Moment of Crisis" (Senior Producer) 1996 "Anatomy of the Unabomber Suspect Arrest" (Senior Producer) 1996 "Dole: The Home Stretch Participant 1" (Senior Producer) 1996: "Dole: The Home Stretch Participant 2" (Senior Producer) 1996 "The Avengers" (Senior Producer) 2002 New York Times television and The Discovery Channel: "Mortal Enemies" (Producer).
