Biography

Two-time Emmy Award winning director and producer, Scott Winant began his career producing/directing the critically acclaimed television series thirtysomething. He went on to create, executive produce and direct other memorable series including: My So-Called Life, Earth 2, Cupid, Dead Like Me, Carnivàle, Huff, Californication, Men of a Certain Age, Save Me, and most recently, Good Girls Revolt for Amazon, Sacred Lies for Facebook Watch and the Renée Zellweger limited-series, The Thing About Pam for NBC. As a director with well over 100 hours of television under his belt, he's been a major contributor to shows like: Breaking Bad, True Blood, Fargo, The West Wing, The Shield, The Affair, Gypsy Better Call Saul and Yellowjackets - - Scott's movie credits include directing the Paramount feature film, 'Til There Was You starring Jeanne Tripplehorn and Sarah Jessica Parker, and producing the cult horror film, The Initiation. - - Other awards include: nine Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe (win), The Peabody Award (win), two DGA Nominations, the New York Film Festival award for best Director and a People's Choice Award. Scott is a graduate of both the UCLA and USC schools of cinema.
- IMDb mini biography by: SW -