Kate Scott

Kate Scott is an American producer, director and actress. At age 11, she began expanding her career from acting to serving as Executive Producer for Rising Sun (2012) an exceptionally diverse and all-inclusive family piece. She's a self-proclaimed "bookworm" that completed high school at 14. She graduated from El Camino College in Torrance, CA with Honors, obtaining a degree in Fine Arts at 16. Kate then received her Bachelor of Arts with highest academic honors graduating Summa Cum Laude as a Pre-Law Major from GCU. She concurrently earned Dean's Academic Honors, and remained a Presidential Scholar. At 19, studied at Harvard Business School, affirming that her mind is as strong as her artistry. At 14, she booked the opening scene promo for Nickelodeon's Bella and the Bulldogs (2015) as a Cheerleader, and within weeks from that went right into her personal hiatus. It was minus agents and managers to begin college, and no longer audition. It was a conscious choice even after working with Adrien Brody, Octavia Spencer, Carmen Argenziano, Garrett Wang, Lorenzo Lamas,Holly Marie Combs, James Garner, and Kaley Cuoco. Refusing to compromise her heavy class load to audition, a then full-time 15 year old college sophomore, produced and directed several more of her own projects such as #Disneyland60 (2015) that was an Official Selection at the 2015 L.A. Shorts Film Festival. Two years earlier, that Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying L.A. Shorts Fest, also, screened the comedy film Way of Seeing (2013) in which Kate played a "mom" to Dagney Kerr. #Disneyland60 (2015) won Best Documentary at AOF. That same year, her Shaolin Kung Fu documentary Game Changer (2015) as an Official Selection at AOF. Kate won a Best Young Filmmaker, and Stella Adler Scholarship, too! Game Changer (2015) (2015) earned Kate a Best Leading Young Actress nomination at the 2016 Young Entertainer Awards at Universal Studios. She returned for two more YEA nominations, in which one was a win for her Voice-Over work in 2018. That coincided with two Young Artist Academy nominations, also for her Voice-Over work on the "revival" series based on the 'Suspense' 1940-50s original radio anthologies. The last doc she executive produced, while in school, was an uplifting and inspiring 1 (2016) the documentary which featured Tiffany Haddish, A.C. Green, and Terri Simmons who are all committed to "being of service", particularly paying it forward. At 18, she began "aging out" of youth awards. It was then, she was honored with the inaugural "Inspiration to Youth" Award by the Young Artist Academy for their exciting 40th Annual Award Show in July 2019. Miss Scott's compassion and commitment to representing positive youth in media, filmmaking and education earned her that recognition. The honor was presented by her dear friend, Marilyn Ghigliotti. Meanwhile, Kate will continue to screen her films at festivals worldwide from California all the way to Bengaluru, India! Essentially, learning more each time, especially knowing that her hiatus actually became a chance to accept roles written for her, and delve into a becoming a stronger executive producer in independent filmmaking. This multi-faceted California entrepreneur has fond memories, as a former child actor to match her various accolades for a long-term career behind the scenes. At times, Kate has made hard work seem effortless despite a having a deceased father from cancer, and a mom struggling over 30 years with chronic illness. She mentors and advocates for literacy, and is a Game Planner for the 3 time NBA Champ A.C. Green Youth Foundation's summer leadership sports camps. She comes from a humble home, and she's managed to give back to her community consistently. With God's grace, this unpretentious, highly intelligent and caring young lady continues to focus on faith, family and education. She remains open to positive and exciting ideas for the future.