Biography

Brother of sound effects editor Ian MacGregor-Scott.

Son of J.C. MacGregor Scott, former executive at Warner-Pathe Distributors and Commonwealth United Intl.

In 1978-1979 Peter Macgregor-Scott at age 31 became a member of Lew Wasserman's MCA-Universal City Studios branch of the film company's Feature Film and Television Film Production Division, functioning in several capacities as a unit production manager, as an assistant director and as a second unit director on uncredited film and television prime network series that MCA-Universal Studios produced for the multiple television networks: NBC, CBS and ABC. In 1982, his MCA-Universal feature film assignment was "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." His unbridled enthusiasm, sense of humor, devilish wit, reliability, accountability and leadership communication skills became his memorable work talent and ethical performance persona. Macgregor-Scott once described his job as having "a vision about what is most practical and economical and anticipating where the problems lie. There will always be challenges on any production, but as long as you have the solutions, the problems don't really exist".

On October 5, 2013, Peter Macgregor-Scott presented the MPEG Fellowship and Service Award to re-recording mixer Donald O. Mitchell. Both Peter Macgregor-Scott and Don Mitchell had worked together on "Under Siege" (1992) and "Batman & Robin" (1997).

Peter MacGregor-Scott was born at the end of the year on December 28, 1947, three days after Christmas day in Madenhead, England. His father was J.C. Macgregor Scott, who served as an executive with such British film companies as Columbia Pictures U.K., Warner-Pathe Distributors and Commonwealth United International. His son Peter Macgregor-Scott initiated an early film career at age 16 working for Pinewood Studios in London, England, in the sound department. His earliest actual film production-credit as an assistant director in 1966, at age 18, was on the feature film "Strange Portrait" in which he also was a second unit director. In 1970, at age 19, he left England to move to the United States, when he worked on the Philippine feature location film "Ride the Tiger" in two technical crew positions: as the film's production manager and film's film editor. In 1971, at 20, Macgregor-Scott functioned as assistant director on the feature film "The Day of the Wolves" and in 1974, "A Time of Love" as unit production manager. In 1976, at 28, he performed as first assistant director on the feature film "High Velocity." In his early career, Macgregor-Scott, at age 30, served as unit production manager on John Landis' "Animal House" (1978), made for slightly more than $2 million. The comedy wound up grossing $142 million, or $537 million in today's dollars. Macgregor-Scott's producing résumé also included Carl Reiner's "The Jerk" (1979); "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982); "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984); "Troop Beverly Hills" (1989); "Out for Justice" (1991); "Black Beauty" (1994) and "Death to Smoochy" (2002). He was based for years at Warner Bros.