Scott Weintrob

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Scott Weintrob
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Occupation
  • Film Director

Scott Weintrob is a film and commercials director based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Large Eyes a creative studio with recent clients Rihanna, Offset, Cardi B, and Lil Yachty.

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Weintrob directed the feature film Paradox Effect, starring Olga Kurylenko and Harvey Keitel. The film premiered at The Rome Film Festival and will release in 2024.

Working with iconic brands and public figures such as Apple, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Pepsi and more. Scott Weintrob’s creativity is a unique blend of storytelling and the embodiment of authentic street culture.

Weintrob created To The Edge for Orlando Bloom. The series releases on Peacock / NBC in 2024.

He wrote and designed creative for Rihanna’s Emmy winning Savage x Fenty show debuting on Amazon. Collaborating with Rihanna and many top talent across fashion, music and film including Cindy Crawford, Emily Ratajkowski, Gigi Hadid, Irina Shayk and Adriana Lima.

Weintrob directed episodes for the Emmy nominated documentary series Home on Apple+.

The global hit series Fastest Car was created and directed by Weintrob for Netflix.

Weintrob has directed global commercial campaigns for brands including Audi, Cadillac, Volvo and Corvette to name a few.

He has received awards including the Cannes Lion.

Early years

Weintrob's formative years were spent as a photographer's assistant at the famous East London Click Studios where he assisted fashion photographers Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Albert Watson, Rankin and David Simms for magazines including Vogue, and Dazed and Confused. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asNotes
2024 Paradox Effect DirectorFeature Film
2024 Orlando Bloom: To The EdgeCreatorDocumentary Series
2021Savage x Fenty Vol.3DirectorDocumentary
2020HomeDirectorDocumentary
2019SKRRT with Offset Creator, Executive Producer, DirectorDocumentary
2018 Fastest Car Creator, Executive Producer, DirectorDocumentary
2016Two Legged Rat BastardsDirectorShort Film

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References

  1. "Bio — Scott Weintrob". scottweintrob.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.