Scott Sublett

Scott Winfield Sublett wrote and directed the feature "Generic Thriller," starring Academy Award-winner Shirley Jones, and the satire "Bye-Bye Bin Laden," named "Best Feature" at the South Beach Animation Festival. His stage musical "Stealing Freedom," the story of Civil War hero Robert Smalls, was presented by Manhattan's Amas Musical Theatre in 2017 and 2018. His musical "Die, Die, Diana" played the New York International Fringe Festival, a production noted in the New York Times. The stage version of "Bye-Bye Bin Laden" was named "one the top five premieres of 2004" by "The San Francisco Bay Guardian." His co-authored play "The Mothers," about Mormon moms of queer kids, was presented in staged readings in Manhattan, San Jose, and Salt Lake City. His book "Screenwriting for Neurotics" was published by University of Iowa Press in 2014 and subsequently published in Chinese translation. Sublett's journalism has been seen in "The San Francisco Chronicle," "The Washington Blade," and UPI; he currently writes about film and culture for "The New Art Examiner," out of Cornwall, England. He has numerous indie film producing credits, including the feature "All About Dad," named by Asia Pacific Arts (a publication of The USC US-China Institute) as one of 2009's "ten best narrative features made by Asian American directors," and the indie feature "Glory Boy Days," which premiered at Slamdance in 2008. Prof. Sublett holds an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, a BS in radio/TV/film from Northwestern University, and is a tenured professor of screenwriting, playwriting and film studies at San Jose State University.