Scott Glosserman | |
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| Occupation | Film director |
Scott Glosserman is an American entrepreneur, filmmaker, and civic leader. [1] He is the founder and chief executive officer of The Gathr Companies, a technology-driven Direct To Audience (DTA) platform for facilitating theatrical distribution, live events, talent booking, and Video On Demand. [2] Glosserman is also known for building philanthropic and community initiatives across film, media, and conservation.
Scott was born in Columbia, Maryland and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. [3] He attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., then The University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a BA in English in 1999. [4] While at Penn Scott was the President of the Friars Senior Honors Society, The President of the Phi Phi Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, The Sports and Rock Director of the campus radio station, WQHS, and A paid Disney/Buena Vista intern where he was in charge of field promotion for campus premieres in the Greater Philly Area.
Scott began his career working for the Patrick Whitesell, then Head of the Motion Picture Talent department at Creative Artists Agency (1999-2001). [4] He founded the production company, Glen Echo Entertainment (named after a hamlet near where he grew up), and co-wrote, produced and directed the meta-horror film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006), [1] for which he drew inspiration from his extensive film courses at Penn — specifically Jeff Katz’ “Conventions and Archetypes of Horror Film” class (Professor Katz is thanked in the End Credits” during which he wrote his thesis on Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING. [1] He later produced and directed additional projects before focusing primarily on entrepreneurial ventures in film distribution and technology.
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 2001 | No Escape: Prison Rape | Associate producer |
| 2006 | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Director |
| 2010 | Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia | Director |
| 2011 | The Truth Below | Director |
Despite exceeding $200k in crowdfunding for a sequel to BEHIND THE MASK, which at the time would have been the highest raise for a crowdfunded film, its $450k goal was not reached, [5] so instead, in 2011 Scott founded Gathr Films, LCC, (now The Gathr Companies) headquartered in West Hollywood, CA. The company invented Theatrical On Demand®, a “Kickstarter-like mechanism for aggregating critical masses of theatrical audiences” in order to derisk and Democratize theatrical film distribution. [6] In 2020 Scott shuttered the film distribution company and formed The Gathr Companies, Inc. (GATHR), a technology company, to expand tech-driven solutions for storytellers. Innovations included Virtual Event Cinema, Events On Demand, Pay It Forward ticketing, Film and Talent Booking CRMs, white-label TVOD (Transactional Video On Demand) and “Partner TVOD”. [2] GATHR has popularized the term Direct To Audience (DTA) to describe this category of story-led distribution and to distinguish it from Direct To Consumer (DTC), which is retail/product-centric.
Since its founding, GATHR has facilitated Direct To Audience distribution for dozens of award-winning and socially significant films, including:
| Year | Film |
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| 2014 | 40 Weeks |
| 2013 | Alive and Well |
| 2015 | American Native |
| 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda |
| 2013 | Before You Know It |
| 2013 | Bidder 70 |
| 2012 | Big Easy Express (Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video) |
| 2013 | The Carbon Rush |
| 2015 | Can You Dig This |
| 2012 | The Central Park Five (Peabody Award, DuPont-Columbia Award) |
| 2024 | Checkpoint Zoo |
| 2015 | Consumed |
| 2024 | The Cranes Call |
| 2013 | The Anonymous People |
| 2017 | Defining Hope (Emmy Award nomination) |
| 2023 | Deep Rising |
| 2016 | Disturbing the Peace |
| 2016 | Embrace |
| 2014 | Endless Abilities |
| 2013 | Facing Fear (Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Short) |
| 2018 | Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore) |
| 2014 | Finding Jenn’s Voice |
| 2018 | Free Solo (Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature) |
| 2016 | Generation Found |
| 2013 | Girl Rising (Academy Award nomination for song “I Rise”)` |
| 2015 | Hadwin’s Judgement |
| 2012 | How to Survive a Plagu e (Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Feature) |
| 2018 | I Am MLK Jr. (Emmy Award nomination) |
| 2015 | Imba Means Sing |
| 2014 | The Immortalists |
| 2018 | Intelligent Lives |
| 2017 | Intent to Destroy |
| 2023 | Invisible Nation |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good Trouble |
| 2014 | Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophe t (Annie Award nomination) |
| 2013 | Kids for Cash |
| 2014 | Korengal (by Sebastian Junger, companion to Restrepo, Academy Award nominee) |
| 2023 | Life After |
| 2015 | Life in a Walk |
| 2018 | Life in the Doghouse |
| 2017 | Love Kennedy |
| 2017 | Mantra: Sounds into Silence |
| 2012 | Marley |
| 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in India |
| 2016 | Minimalism |
| 2012 | More Than Honey (German Film Award for Best Documentary) |
| 2022 | MVP |
| 2016 | No One Asked You |
| 2024 | No Other Land (Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature; Sundance Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary) |
| 2023 | Nuclear Now (Oliver Stone) |
| 2019 | On the Basis of Sex |
| 2013 | The Other Shore |
| 2014 | The Overnighters (Sundance Special Jury Prize; Academy Award shortlist) |
| 2019 | Parrot Kindergarten |
| 2016 | Pet Fooled |
| 2017 | Ponyboi (Tribeca Film Festival premiere) |
| 2012 | Pretty Old |
| 2018 | RBG (Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Feature; Emmy Award winner) |
| 2014 | Return to Homs (Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize) |
| 2016 | Rooted in Peace |
| 2015 | Russians at War |
| 2018 | Scout’s Honor |
| 2016 | Seed: The Untold Story (Emmy Award winner, Outstanding Nature Documentary) |
| 2024 | The Sixth |
| 2013 | The Square (Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Feature; Sundance Audience Award) |
| 2016 | The Student Body |
| 2017 | Thank You for Your Service |
| 2013 | The Surgery Ship (Emmy Award winner, Outstanding Informational Series) |
| 2018 | The Test and the Art of Thinking |
| 2016 | Time to Choose (Charles Ferguson, Academy Award-winning director) |
| 2021 | Torn |
| 2013 | TWA Flight 800 (Emmy Award nomination) |
| 2016 | The Unknowns |
| 2025 | Unbanked |
| 2024 | Union |
| 2017 | Walk With Me |
| 2014 | The Wanted 18 (Academy Award shortlist) |
| 2013 | Who Is Dayani Cristal? (Sundance Cinematography Award) |
| 2014 | Who Took Johnny? |
| 2017 | Women Like Us |
Glosserman founded Reel Engagement, [2] a fiscal-sponsor-style marketing and distribution fund for impact films, and helped establish The Gathr Foundation , a 501(c)(3) that processes tax-deductible donations for ticketing and impact campaigns. [2] His projects often align with social justice, democracy, and civic engagement causes.
He is also a founder of Docutegrity, [7] an effort to build a ratings system for journalistic accuracy in non-fiction and historical fiction TV and Film, and Gathr d office and events space in Ipswich, MA. [8]
Beyond film and media, Scott and his family own Candlewood Farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a sanctuary for retired work and farm animals and a site for bird conservation efforts, including pollinator gardens and bobolink habitat preservation. [9]
| Year | Award | Organization | Work | Category | Result |
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| 2006 | Best European/North - South American Film | Fant-Asia Film Festival | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Golden Prize | Won [10] |
| L’Écran Fantastique Award | Golden Prize | Won [10] | |||
| Séquences Award | Séquences magazine | Jury Prize | Won [10] | ||
| Audience Award | Gen Art | Gen Art Film Festival | Won [11] | ||
| Carnet Jove - Special Mention | Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival | Midnight X-Treme | Won [12] | ||
| Audience Choice Award For Best Feature Film | Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Best Film | Won [13] | ||
Glosserman is an avid birder, pianist, and soccer coach. He lives in Ipswich, MA with his family.
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