Beck, Scott

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 02: Executive producers and writers Bryan Woods (L) and Scott Beck (R) attend the Paramount Pictures New York Premiere of ‘A Quiet Place’ at AMC Lincoln Square theater on April 2, 2018 in New York, New York. (Photo by Marion Curtis / StarPix)

Nominations

A Quiet Place (Platinum Dunes, Sunday Night), Screenplay, 2018

BIO: Filmmakers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods first met as sixth-graders in their hometown of Bettendorf, Iowa.  After discovering a shared interest in cinema, the duo began collaborating on stop-motion movies with their Star Wars action figures.  This collaboration continued into high school, where they directed numerous shorts and their first feature films.  In 2001, Beck & Woods formed their production company banner Bluebox Films, under which they would write, direct and produce films, commercials, and television content.

​Beck & Woods’ most recent film on the big screen is Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place, based on their original screenplay.  The critically acclaimed box-office smash was released on April 6, 2018 and stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who also directed.  The film earned over $332M at the worldwide box-office.  Beck & Woods served as Executive Producers on the film and received a story by credit and shared screenplay credit with Krasinksi.

The duo is in post-production on ​the thriller Haunt, which they wrote and directed ​for producer Eli Roth, Sierra/Affinity, Broken Road Productions, and Nickel City Pictures​.  They are writing The Boogeyman for 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps, based on Stephen King’s iconic short story of the same name.

Beck & Woods are DGA and WGA members.