Scott Keiner Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Develop, consult on, and produce film, television, digital and interactive projects.• Write & create pitches, treatments, and scripts.• Find and acquire I.P.• Oversee productions from inception to delivery.• Build and maintain relationships with producing partners, writers, directors, actors, and representatives.• Source, vet and recruit key ATL & BTL talent based on creative goals and project specifications.• Create budgets, schedules, and production plans.• Develop financing and distribution strategies. • Manage and implement guild and union agreements.• Research and optimize for various national and international locations, vetting production companies and comparing incentives.• Develop preliminary marketing strategies.

Produced and launched the first app-based, live-hosted, simulcast, interactive, trivia game for an MLB team. Conceived and planned a slate of interactive gaming media. Lead an international team spanning Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Vancouver, London, Ohio, Ireland, and Czech Republic.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Consulted on Untitled Alexander Payne Film

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed series from pre-production through post and delivery, streamlining processes, innovating production methods, maximizing production value and protecting creative intent.• Built and maintained close collaborative relationships with development executives, writers, directors and talent by providing creative, flexible and constructive guidance throughout the production process.• Sourced, vetted, and recruited producers, line producers, directors, writers, and key BTL talent based on creative goals and project specifications.• Sourced, recruited, and managed two director-level positions, dozens of staff and permalancers, and hundreds of freelancers on an on-going basis, building a diverse, gender-balanced team. • Established best practices for budgeting, scheduling, operations, risk management, inventory, vendor/crew sourcing, talent relations, and accounting across every format. • Created budgets, schedules, and production plans for television series and supervised their creation via external production companies, ensuring all creative, network, and studio requirements were met.• Built an innovative and nimble production system that allowed for proactive planning and quick reaction to changing format, platform, and location requirements, from Los Angeles to New York to London to Mexico City.• Created and updated production manuals spanning all formats.• Coordinated communication and project planning company-wide with Business Affairs, Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Publicity. • Managed and implemented guild and union agreements.• Researched and optimized for various national and international locations, vetting production companies and comparing incentives.

Managed production on award-winning independent films and commercials.• Formed production companies. • Created budgets & schedules.• Obtained and maintained facilities, crew, vendors, union compliance, legal agreements, and production insurance, enabling award-winning artistic achievement on limited budgets.• Produced, managed, and consulted on independent films.• Produced and managed commercials for clients including Universal, Volkswagen, Samsung, CMT, Logitech, Korean Air, Fox Sports, LG, BCBG, Hyundai, VW, Glamour, and Johnnie Walker. • Maintained close relationships with directors and producers by providing flexible production solutions to enable creative success.• Planned efficient and cost-effective productions in distant locations from Vegas, to Boston, to the Grand Canyon, Moab, and Yosemite.• Worked with directors and producers including Miranda July, Aza Jacobs, Quentin Dupieux, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst, David Ayer, Chris Stinson, and Gina Kwon.

Wrote and/or directed award-winning features, television, music videos, branded content, and short films for studio, agency, label, and independent collaborators. • In-depth knowledge of story, structure, character, and dialogue.• Concept and ideation across multiple genres.• Wrote and pitched scripts ranging from studio tentpoles to single location indies.• Built and maintained an extensive network of colleagues from A-list screenwriters to emerging voices.• Developed scripts with producers, executives, and directors across a wide range of budgets.• Trusted source for story and development notes.• Directed music videos, branded content, and short films.• Extensive experience producing and directing content around live music tours.• Staff writer for sports comedy site The Heckler.• Collaborators include Marc Platt Productions, Ok Go, Capitol Records, LG, Samsung, Storage Outlet, CMT.