Biography

Scott Aaron Crary is a director and producer whose work spans film, TV, music videos, and advertising. His prize-winning debut feature, Kill Your Idols (2004), was made by Crary for $300 when he was 26 years old. That film launched an expansive career producing documentary film work that frequently examines various counterculture and musical subculture movements, including: William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010), Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution (2017) and Fire Music (2021).

His internationally recognized work has screened at festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, the Sundance Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival, among others, and has been acquired by Showtime, PBS, Netflix, Arte, Criterion, Palm Pictures, and Oscilloscope Laboratories. Additionally, he has collaborated with talents including Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Waters, Martin Scorsese, Iggy Pop, America Ferrera, U2, and Cat Power, and worked on campaigns for Coca-Cola, Nokia, Ray-Ban, Seagram's Gin and Mazda.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hunger Artist Productions

Member of the jury at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005.

Was considered to direct Joy Division (2007).

He began his career as a hip-hop DJ, opening for acts like De La Soul and Smif-N-Wessun, while he was still a teenager. He also hosted a long-running radio show in New York in the late 1990s. A 2020 New York Magazine article included him on a list of those who "defined New York rap".

[commenting on the No Wave bands in "Kill Your Idols"] "There's the divine madness in them. When Alan Vega sneered, you might have actually found yourself bloodied shortly thereafter. You sure as hell wouldn't reach for your iPhone to Instagram and tag his antics. You'd feel a little intruded upon, which is precisely how all the best art should make you feel."