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Community Filmmaking
Project type
Film
Date
2003-present
Independent, community-based filmmaking is a challenging yet rewarding endeavor that requires creativity, determination, and the power of collaboration. J. Scott Howes considers himself a community filmmaker, which means that he makes films in cooperation with primarily local, often non-professional fellow artists and actors, drawn largely from his immediate family, friends, and local arts communities.
J. Scott has won multiple screenwriting awards, including the NYU First Run Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay (2010) for "Jackson Parish" and a National Golden Brad (Drama) for the feature "A House Divided." His short films "Rock, Paper, Scissors" (co-dir. Liam Brady), "Jackson Parish" (dir. Edward McDonald) and others have shown at film festivals nationwide. "Jackson Parish" was a Finalist in the Johnson & Johnson Lens on Talent competition and shown on BET.
As a writer-director, J. Scott creates innovative films in the drama, thriller, and psychological horror genres, which typically depict ordinary lives, especially of children and families, often with a touch of comedy, utilizing a stylistic palette of painterly beauty, rapturous music, and rapid movement, in homage to filmmakers such as Wong Kar-Wai and Martin Scoresese.
