Scott Burgess

Writer. AFF Second Rounder 2022. 8/10 on the Black List.

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

Happy to announce that my first TV pilot 'Beautiful Disaster' advanced as a 2nd Rounder of the Austin Film Festival in the Drama Pilot category! After being rejected for a weaker draft of this script last year it feels good to be heading in the right direction! #AFF

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

Top 10 Spielberg

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

1. Lincoln
2. West Side Story
3. The Fabelmans
4. Bridge Of Spies
5. The Post
6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
7. The Adventures Of Tintin
8. Ready Player One
9. War Horse
10. The BFG

Seeing Disclosure Day Saturday. Can't wait!

[Matt Neglia @Tribeca @NextBestPicture]

My ranking of Steven Spielberg's last ten films:

1. Lincoln
2. West Side Story
3. The Fabelmans
4. Bridge Of Spies
5. Disclosure Day
6. The Post
7. The Adventures Of Tintin
8. War Horse
9. Ready Player One
10. The BFG

[Blank @Anim8rgirl]

Screenwriting is hard. REALLY FUCKING HARD. If everyone or anyone could do it and do it well, they would. Having learned it a little and learned from some of the best, I can tell you, it's not something these studios are going to casually replace. They'll find that out.

[Alex Convery @alexconvery]

Day 1 ✊

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@OnTheRoadMel Love it. My sister is the same way

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

Do you guys have go to movies for certain situations?

For me, it's tough to beat throwing on "Jurassic Park" during a good thunderstorm or "Alien" when I'm sick... I like to remind myself that regardless of how crappy I feel at least I'm not aboard the Nostromo lol.

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@mikellevirey All great choices

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@NickCusmano Excellent choice

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@mikethewriter1 I like this a lot actually, might have to adopt this strategy

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@TheInSneider Damn, disappointing to hear because I tend to align with you on most things. And you were a fan of Aster's previous work, right?

[Alex Convery @alexconvery]

A+ headline

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@alexconvery Saw the movie last night, can't stop thinking about it. Congrats on all of your well deserved success! I appreciate how humble and transparent you were in this interview. Truly inspiring. I'll look forward to seeing what's next and when you get your Oscar nom next January 😎

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@theWellRedMage Lol. It's a shame film criticism has devolved into something so mindless and snarky for so many journalists. There's really only a few I can routinely read. @TheInSneider is prob my favorite.

[Jonathon E. Stewart @JEStew3]

I have been a consistently employed studio feature screenwriter for over a decade. Movies I've been fortunate to work on have grossed nearly a billion dollars worldwide. I have yet to write and sell a spec. #screenwritingtwitter 1/17

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

I voted for EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE for Best Original screenplay in the WGA Awards despite the fact that they used the dreaded “we see”.

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@HotDish_Cole You should watch the Pro Bowl next week... I hear they're playing Flag Football, probably more your speed.

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@getnickwright Who else did you expect to be back there? Everyone was hurt lol

[Jace @JaceSerrano]

“I just started writing, and I wrote a bunch of scripts. Some of them were good, some of them were bad. And eventually, I got this. So it was a long process. It was like 10 years of me working back into this position.”

Keep hope alive, guys.
https://t.co/cccG1LU6Dn

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@scoopwalsh That was a classic lol

[Scott Burgess @sdbwrites]

@Legiticus @leah_from @_RickyTyree @andycompton_ @grking @JillSixx @JoeStraynge @PhoenixBlackNow @loganwrotethis I use FD but it’s been that way for almost 15 years now. Maybe I’m a creature of habit