“SPARKY COLLINS”
Scoot McNairy recently starred in and produced In Search of a Midnight Kiss (directed by his old buddy Alex Holdridge) Scoot has appeared on TV (Six Feet Under, Jake in Progress, Close to Home), in two television pilots (More, Patience and Good Girls Don’t) and in films (Art School Confidential from director Terry Zwigoff and opposite John Malkovich; Twisted from Director John Asher; The Shadow Effect from directors Jared and Justin Varava; the upcoming The Listening Party opposite Selma Blair, Neil Young, and Seth Green, and The Fall from director John Krugger,).
Scoot McNairy started on a winding, fateful path to Hollywood by way of Richardson , Texas . His love of the entertainment industry found its seeds in a local theater where his parents sent him for an after school activity. However, after doing a number of plays at a young age Scoot’s love of the outdoors won out and he spent the rest of his childhood fishing.
When Scoot moved to Austin , Texas he met Alex Holdridge, who gave him his first movie role in the feature film Wrong Numbers, which went on to win the Ausitin Film Festival. You would think this experience would have led Scoot straight to Hollywood . But no, Scoot decided his next move should be to British Columbia to be a glacier guide. When a back injury put Scoot’s hopes of climbing on hold he finally found himself in Los Angeles , pursing his interest in cinematography at film school. A year later Scoot landed a job building sets, which led to a friend at work introducing Scoot to an agent. “I met John and he told me there was not a chance in hell he would represent me. So I showed up at his office two weeks later with some 4X6 photos and he gave it a run, which has turned into five years of working together”. From this chance meeting with John, Scoot has recently started his own production company, Group Films, partnering with John Pierce and his former agent from UTA Josh Klein. They are currently working on a film project with director Tony Kaye (American History X) and writer Robert McKee.
