2022Nominee
Best Director
Founders
Scott Faris
Director · Writer
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
December 24, 1985
Biography
Scott grew up in West Virginia and attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts before teaching 5th grade on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After working as a video producer for various educational nonprofits, Scott co-founded Universe Creative, an LA-based doc production company, with his friend and long-time colleague, Meg Griffiths. Scott enjoys stories that challenge conventional wisdom and preconceived notions about people and places often overlooked by popular media. He is proud to have visited all fifty US states.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
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2025Nominee
Best Director
Appalheads
2022Nominee
Career Highlight
Into the Circle
Career Highlights
Highlight
Best Director
The Life of the Party
2023Highlight
Best Director
I Am Somebody
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The Life of the Party
I Am Somebody
Impossible Town