- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Scott Hansen is a screenwriter & filmmaker from Virginia Beach, VA. He is widely known for directing the award winning Bad Candy" (2021) and the horror film "The Possession Experiment" (2016). which sold to Momentum Films (EONE) and was released to VOD and in theaters internationally in December of 2016. Possession Experiment was in the top 10 of horror for 6 weeks. Bad Candy also hit top spot on iTunes for 2 weeks and won over 93 awards and 26 Best Picture awards in 2021 during its festival run.
Since his graduation from the Savannah college of Art & Design in 2005, Scott and has produced and directed over 700 commercials & music videos for clients worldwide.
He has also had much success working in the music video and commercial realm working with such artists as Meshuggah, Willie Nelson, Motionless in White, A Day To Remember, ILL Nino & Fear Factory as well as many commercial companies such as Dew, Doritos, Bugatti, Discovery Channel and Aston Martin.
Scott Hansen started Digital Thunderdome in 2013 with a passion for telling stories with his first feature film called "Monuemental" starring Gary Cairns and Luke Albright.
In 2014, his team produced Until It Hurts, a documentary film about a piece of art commemorating fallen Navy Seals and how it has influenced a community. The film features Navy Seal Dave Hall and Wounded Wear founder, Jason Redman. The film went to be accepted to film festivals across the USA and won best feature film at Cayfest in 2016 and got world wide distribution.
In 2016, Digital Thunderdome created The Possession Experiment which sold to EONE/Momentum Pictures for domestic and CMG for international distribution and was sold to 35 countries abroad. It also debuted in the top 10 in horror on iTunes for three weeks. The film begins when a theology student uses a fundraising campaign to attempt to prove if demons exist.The film stars horror icon Bill Moseley (The Devils's Rejects), Greg Travis ( Starship Troopers), and Mark Joy (Dogma). The film was also sold to HULU for a 3 year TV deal.
Also In 2016 Scott jumped into the producers chair and made the feature film "Bully" starring Danny Trejo, Vincent Pastore and Ron Canada along with Disney star Tucker Albrizzi. The film landed a deal with Gravitas.
In 2020 Scott and team began production on a Halloween themed movie called "Bad Candy" starring Zach Galligan (Gremlins) and Corey Taylor (Slipknot) who filled in for Sid Haig after his tragic passing in early 2019.
Bad Candy spawned a sequel and horror universe with two additional movies called "How the Night Receives Them" starring Andrew Divoff from "Wishmaster" (1997) and a vampire movie called "The Virginia Bitches".- IMDb Mini Biography By: The Wrap
- SpousesDesiree Connell(September 19, 2021 - ?)Elisa Meri(June 11, 2009 - February 2, 2011) (divorced)
- One of his first big budget music videos was for an icon, Willie Nelson. The video was shot on Willie's ranch in Austin, TX.
- Got his start in music videos in 2007 and has completed over 250 since then as well as over 30 commercials. Won various awards for his work on Animals As Leaders (2011) and set a record on MTV2 for the longest video to hold in the countdown (A Day To Remember, 2010).
- Produced a film called "Bully" that won best film at the Garden State Film Festival in 2018.
- Attended Savannah College of Art & Design in 2002 and was on the road to become a Sequential comic book artist when he found his passion for film on the second half of his senior year.
- Is in the process of building a new studio for his production company Digital Thunderdome in Atlanta, GA.
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