David Graham Scott

Director

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My Details

 

Great Britain , Scotland

Current Work Details

What I do

Director,camera,research,writing treatments

Company

Reel Death

Website

http://www.davidgrahamscott.com

Where I work

I work for a company or organisation

Technical Skills

Various DV cameras, lighting, sound recording.

Resources / Expertise

Sony Z7 camera. Trained film archivist/researcher/ideas man

Availability

Paid Work or Collaboration

Training

1980-1983

University of Kent,
Film Theory/Art History, BA hons

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Films I wish I had made

Africa Addio, Aguirre Wrath of God, The Taking of Pelham 123, Come and See (Russian Film), Bedazzled (not Liz Hurley crap), The Cat Returns, Punishment Park, Electra Glide in Blue, Drugstore Cowboy, Seul Contre Tous, Straight Time.

I cried watching

Mondo Cane 2, The Killing of America,Africa Addio, Dead Man Walking ("Hey! I got feelings you know!")

I left the cinema during

The adverts to have a piss

Directors I love

Gualtiero Jacopeti.

Actors I admire

Sterling Hayden, Christopher Lee, early Al Pacino, George Segal, Max Schreck.

Writers I respect

Georges Bataille, Sebastian Horsley, Crowley, De Quincey, Geza Csath, Burroughs (cliched I know but so what?), Trocchi, Pierrepont, Geoffrey Abbott, JK Huysmans.

My desert island discs

Any K-Tel vintage vinyl, Jobriath, Eno, Plaid, Popol Vuh,13th Floor Elevators, hillbilly music, Mogwai.

Books I have given my friends

The Life of Gilles De Rais, Tears of Eros, Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs, Dandy in the Underworld, Opium Culture.

My death row meal

Hacksaw pie and vegan chocolate cheesecake.

The best thing I own

The executioner's axe used to decapitate William Wallace (verified by 3 eminent historians) and a Z7 of course.

More about me

I find most documentary filmmakers quite boring actually. Myself included of course.