Scott Frank

Scott Frank, born on March 10, 1960, is a multi-talented American filmmaker. With his expertise in directing, producing, screenwriting, and even writing books, Frank has made a significant impact in the film industry. His exceptional skills have earned him two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, thanks to his remarkable work on movies like Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017). Throughout his career, Frank has contributed to numerous films, both in credited and uncredited roles. Recently, he has collaborated with Netflix, showcasing his talent in creating captivating television miniseries. One of his notable achievements includes co-creating the highly acclaimed series, The Queen's Gambit, alongside Allan Scott.

Works

7.0

East of Wall

After the death of her husband, Tabatha — a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer — wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands.

Release Date:2025-01-24

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1

Monsieur Spade
6.4

Monsieur Spade

Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.

Release Date:2024-01-14

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:45

6.3

Bruiser

During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.

Release Date:2022-12-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:25

6.9

No Exit

Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.

Release Date:2022-02-24

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1172

7.8

Creating The Queen's Gambit

A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to life.

Release Date:2021-01-10

Character:Self - Creator, Director

Vote Count:128

The Queen's Gambit
8.5

The Queen's Gambit

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

Release Date:2020-10-23

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:4766

Godless
7.8

Godless

A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.

Release Date:2017-11-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:591

7.8

Logan

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Release Date:2017-02-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:19454

6.3

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

Release Date:2014-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2820

6.9

The One I Love

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Release Date:2014-08-08

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:702

5.5

Hoke

Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s.

Release Date:2014-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

6.4

The Wolverine

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Release Date:2013-07-21

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:9705

On Story
4.0

On Story

An inside look at the creative process behind some of our most popular and beloved movies and television shows. All episodes feature recorded conversations between acclaimed and award-winning screenwriters, TV creators, and filmmakers from the Austin Film Festival's annual conference and year round events.

Release Date:2011-04-16

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Shameless
8.2

Shameless

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

Release Date:2011-01-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2826

7.2

Marley & Me

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

Release Date:2008-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:4591

6.7

The Lookout

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Release Date:2007-03-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:641

6.3

The Interpreter

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

Release Date:2005-04-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1450

Get Shorty: Look At Me

A deep dive behind the making of "Get Shorty' with interviews of many of the principals and the director

Release Date:2005-02-22

Character:Self

Get Shorty: Wiseguys And Dolls

A look at how the main characters were envisioned, created, cast, and developed

Release Date:2005-02-22

Character:Self

6.0

Flight of the Phoenix

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

Release Date:2004-12-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:876

Karen Sisco
7.0

Karen Sisco

As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. Karen occasionally gets advice from her father, a retired Miami police officer turned private investigator, who is Karen’s confidant, counselor, and confessor.

Release Date:2003-10-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Consultant

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:11

7.3

Minority Report

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

Release Date:2002-06-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:8832

6.7

Out of Sight

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.

Release Date:1998-06-26

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1283

5.2

Heaven's Prisoners

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

Release Date:1996-05-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:80

6.5

Get Shorty

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Release Date:1995-10-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1071

6.3

Malice

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Release Date:1993-09-29

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:461

Fallen Angels
5.5

Fallen Angels

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.

Release Date:1993-08-01

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:10

6.6

Little Man Tate

Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.

Release Date:1991-09-06

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:306

6.4

Dead Again

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

Release Date:1991-08-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:380

6.1

Plain Clothes

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

Release Date:1988-04-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:31

Laughter in the Dark

A young theater usherette and her former lover devise a scheme to emotionally and financially destroy a wealthy art dealer.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Department Q

Department Q

Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh, is assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

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