Scott Teems is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on '' That Evening Sun'' (2009), '' The Quarry'' (2020), '' Halloween Kills'' (2021), '' Firestarter'' (2022) and '' Insidious: The Red Door'' (2023).

Career

In 2009, Teems started his career by directing and writing the drama film '' That Evening Sun''. In February 2012, Teems signed on to script a film version of '' Cutting for Stone''. In October 2012, he was attached to script

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's horror film ''The Breathing Method'', based on

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's novella of the same name. In 2014, he wrote and directed the documentary film '' Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey''. By 2016, he scripted six episodes for the drama series '' Rectify'', directing two of them. In November 2018, he drafted the script for an episode of '' Narcos: Mexico''. In 2020, he directed the mystery thriller film '' The Quarry'', from a screenplay he wrote alongside Andrew Brotzman. He wrote the script and story for horror sequel '' Halloween Kills'' (2021), and also scripted the horror-thriller remake '' Firestarter'', released in 2022. In July 2019, Teems drafted the story for David Gordon Green's '' The Exorcist: Believer''. In October 2020, he was brought on board to script '' Insidious: The Red Door''.

Filmography

Short film Feature film Documentary film Television

Accolades

For ''That Evening Sun'', he won awards at the 2006 IFP Market Award for "Emerging Narrative Screenplay Award", the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival for "Jury Award for Best Narrative", the 2009

Newport International Film Festival Newport International Film Festival was an annual film festival in Newport, Rhode Island, established in 1998. The Newport Film Festival was generally held the first week in June and featured various international films at several local cinemas. ...

for "Special Narrative Feature Jury Prize" and "Student Jury Narrative Grand Prize", the 2009

Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival The Sidewalk Film Festival is an annual film festival taking place during the last weekend in August in the Theatre District of Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999. The festival typically screens at seven venues located within downtown Birmingham, fea ...

for "Best Director", the 2009 Little Rock Film Festival for "Best Narrative Feature Award", the 2009

South by Southwest South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has conti ...

for "Narrative Feature Audience Award", the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival for "Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature", and the 2009 Memphis Indie Film Festival for "Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature". For ''The Exorcist: Believer'', he was nominated at the 44th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Screenplay.

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