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Darin Scott is an American film and TV writer, director and producer. He also co-directed the film Tales from the Hood 2 . He initially studied to be a chemical engineer at USC. He won an MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Movie of the Year, for his 1993 effort Menace II Society . [1] [2]

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