Scott Teems

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Scott Teems
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  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active2009–present

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).

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Career

In 2009, Teems started his career by directing and writing the drama film That Evening Sun . [1] In February 2012, Teems signed on to script a film version of Cutting for Stone . [2] In October 2012, he was attached to script Scott Derrickson's horror film The Breathing Method, based on Stephen King's novella of the same name. [3] In 2014, he wrote and directed the documentary film Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey . [4] By 2016, he scripted six episodes for the drama series Rectify , directing two of them. [5]

In November 2018, he drafted the script for an episode of Narcos: Mexico . [6] In 2020, he directed the mystery thriller film The Quarry , from a screenplay he wrote alongside Andrew Brotzman. [7] He wrote the script and story for horror sequel Halloween Kills (2021), [8] and also scripted the horror-thriller remake Firestarter , released in 2022. [9] [10]

In July 2019, Teems drafted the story for David Gordon Green's The Exorcist: Believer . [11] [12] In October 2020, he was brought on board to script Insidious: The Red Door . [13] [14]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer		EditorNotes
2004Root.YesYesNoNo
2006Le ChaseYesNoNoYesCo-directed with Charlie Shahnaian
2007A Death in the WoodsYesYesNoYes
2012The Network Effect Featuring Dr. Steven ShepardYesNoNoNoDocumentary short
2018Interpreting TwainNoNoYesNo

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer		NotesRef.
2009 That Evening Sun YesYesNo [15]
2014 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey YesYesYesDocumentary film [16]
2020 The Quarry YesYesNo [7]
2021 Halloween Kills NoYesNo [8]
2022 Firestarter NoYesYes [9] [17]
2023 Insidious: The Red Door NoYesNo [18]
The Exorcist: Believer NoStoryNo [19]

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer		NotesRef.
2014–16 Rectify YesYesYes6 episodes [5]
2018 Narcos: Mexico NoYesYesEpisode: "Rafa, Rafa, Rafa" [6]

Accolades

For That Evening Sun, he won awards at the 2006 IFP Market Award for "Emerging Narrative Screenplay Award", [20] the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival for "Jury Award for Best Narrative", [21] the 2009 Newport International Film Festival for "Special Narrative Feature Jury Prize" and "Student Jury Narrative Grand Prize", [22] the 2009 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival for "Best Director", [23] the 2009 Little Rock Film Festival for "Best Narrative Feature Award", [24] the 2009 South by Southwest for "Narrative Feature Audience Award", [25] the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival for "Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature" [26] , and the 2009 Memphis Indie Film Festival for "Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature". [27]

For The Exorcist: Believer, he was nominated at the 44th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Screenplay. [28]

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