Nominations
Heretic (A24, Shiny Penny, Beck/Woods), Screenplay, 2024
A Quiet Place (Platinum Dunes, Sunday Night), Screenplay, 2018
BIO: Filmmakers Scott Beck&Bryan Woods burst onto the Hollywood scene with Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place, based on their original screenplay. The critically acclaimed box-office smash stars Emily Blunt alongside John Krasinski, who also directed. Certified Fresh with a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film earned over $340M at the worldwide box-office and was #1 at the domestic box-office for 2 weeks. Beck & Woods serve as Executive Producers on the film in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Krasinski.
A Quiet Place was named as a Top Ten Film of 2018 by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. Beck & Woods’ script earned them the Saturn Award for Best Writing, alongside Best Original Screenplay nominations from the Writers Guild and the Critics Choice Awards, and was named one of the year’s ten best scripts by The Tracking Board Hit List. Variety went on to name Beck & Woods to their annual 10 Screenwriters to Watch list.
The latest to hit the big screen for Beck & Woods isHeretic, which they wrote, directed, and produced. Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, the film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival was released on November 8, by A24.The thriller tells the story of two young missionaries who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Beck & Woods received a nomination for Best Screenplay for the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Before that for Beck & Woods was Sony Pictures’ sci-fi thriller 65 with Academy Award®nominee Adam Driver starring along with Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman, which had a wide theatrical release on March 10, 2023. The film is an original screenplay written by the duo, on which they also serve as directors and producers under their Beck/Woods banner. The project was a reunion for them and Sam Raimi who is also a producer of 65.
The duo also wrote the screenplay and served as Executive Producers on The Boogeyman, based on Stephen King’s iconic short story of the same name. The film was released theatrically on June 2, 2023. The short story, first published in 1973 and later released in King’s 1978 collection Night Shift, followed a man who’s recently lost all his children to a creature lurking in the closet. King himself gave his endorsement of A Quiet Place, tweeting that the film “is an extraordinary piece of work.”
Other credits for the filmmakers include 2019’s acclaimed thriller Haunt, which they wrote and directed for producer Eli Roth, Sierra/Affinity, Broken Road Productions, and Nickel City Pictures. The film had its World Premiere as the Opening Night film at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival then its international premiere at FrightFest in London. Momentum Pictures released Haunt in theaters on Friday, September 13, 2019. The film was the #1 most watched movie premiere on Shudder.
Beck & Woods are also co-owners of The Last Picture House, a specialty cinema and social lounge with 35mm capabilities. The movie theater is located in their hometown of Davenport, Iowa and opened in 2023.
Beck & Woods are members of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America.
