- Darran Scott
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For those of a similar name, see Darren Scott (disambiguation).
Darran Scott (born Darren Scott Page on 1 December 1963) is an Australian film and television writer and producer. He began working as an actor as a young teenager and appeared in such Australian TV shows as Special Squad, Carson's Law, The Henderson Kids and the World War I mini-series Anzacs. And most recently, Underbelly, and several Australian TV Commercials and TV series.
He has written and produced and performed in various films and television shows and appears as a TV presenter and on regional radio.
He is Producer and owner of Filmpoets Studios, Melbourne, Australia, which has produced several documenataries, short films and television series and received several awards, including an ACMA 'Antenna Award' for Most Outstanding Sports Program for 2008's 'The Surfers Life' and 2nd prize in the Australian Film Institute's 'Reinventing The Reel' Festival for 'Another Ordinary Day' (2001). The 2003 film 'A Wold of His Own'. In 2011 he will be directing and producing a Christian themed film for US Audiences, The Playbook.
He is now Managing Director of Shearwater Entertainment. An Australian based film and television production and distribution company created in June 2009.
In 1985, he was the target of an attempted kidnapping while backpacking through the US state of Washington, managing to escape by jumping from the moving vehicle. He sustained minor injuries.
Scott captured worldwide attention after applying to Cricket Australia in late 2003 for the Test Captaincy to replace Steve Waugh upon his retirement, citing his credentials as "my team mates describe my bowling as 'nippy'". The application and resultant reply from CEO James Sutherland created a national media story.[1][2]
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Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- Australian Latter Day Saints
- Australian radio personalities
- Australian television actors
- Australian television biography stubs
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