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Scott Schaeffer(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Production Manager
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Scott Schaeffer was born on 26 March 1973. He is an assistant director and production manager, known for Bad Company (2002), Frost/Nixon (2008) and Analyze This (1999).
BornMarch 26, 1973
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    • Known for

    Promotional Poster
    Bad Company
    5.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2002
    Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frost/Nixon
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2008
    Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal in Analyze This (1999)
    Analyze This
    6.7
    • Additional Crew
    • 1999
    The Carrier (2012)
    The Carrier
    8.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Frank Grillo in Kingdom (2014)
      Kingdom
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016–2017
    • Augustus Prew in Pure Genius (2016)
      Pure Genius
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • David Harewood, Chyler Leigh, Jesse Rath, Azie Tesfai, Melissa Benoist, Katie McGrath, and Nicole Maines in Supergirl (2015)
      Supergirl
      6.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Bonnie Bedelia, Craig T. Nelson, Monica Potter, Joy Bryant, Erika Christensen, Lauren Graham, Sam Jaeger, Peter Krause, Mae Whitman, Dax Shepard, Max Burkholder, Miles Heizer, Tyree Brown, Savannah Paige Rae, and Xolo Maridueña in Parenthood (2010)
      Parenthood
      8.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2011–2015
    • Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom (2012)
      The Newsroom
      8.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2013–2014
    • Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson in Murder in the First (2014)
      Murder in the First
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • The Advocates (2013)
      The Advocates
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2013
    • Enlightened (2011)
      Enlightened
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • unit director: helicopter unit
      • 2011–2013
    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2009–2011
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2009–2010
    • Elizabeth Reaser in The Ex List (2008)
      The Ex List
      6.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2008–2009
    • Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)
      My Name Is Earl
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Scott Schaffer)
      • 2009
    • Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
      Frost/Nixon
      7.6
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2008
    • Journeyman (2007)
      Journeyman
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2007
    • Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson, Timothy Busfield, D.L. Hughley, Bradley Whitford, and Nate Corddry in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
      Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
      8.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2006–2007

    Production Department

    • Samuel L. Jackson in The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
      The Caveman's Valentine
      5.8
      • set production assistant: New York
      • 2001
    • Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)
      The Sopranos
      9.2
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2000
    • Poster
      What Planet Are You From?
      5.7
      • production assistant
      • 2000
    • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Tom Sizemore, and Forest Whitaker in Witness Protection (1999)
      Witness Protection
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • production assistant: Boston
      • 1999
    • Promo Poster
      Liberty Heights
      7.0
      • production assistant
      • 1999
    • Andy Garcia and Andie MacDowell in Just the Ticket (1998)
      Just the Ticket
      5.6
      • production assistant
      • 1998

    Production Management

    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.5
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2019
    • Girls Code
      1.8
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager
      • 2018
    • Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton, Raymond Lee, and Daniel Zovatto in Here and Now (2018)
      Here and Now
      6.8
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2018

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Scott Schaffer
    • Born
      • March 26, 1973

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