Directed By Magazine: The Cinema Quarterly (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781434838452)

Since the mid-1980s, Scott Essman has been writing and producing projects about motion picture craftsmanship and Hollywood history. In the past six years specifically, he has published over 350 articles as a freelancer for outlets including The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Design, The CinemaEditor, Creative Screenwriting, Directed By: The Cinema Quarterly, plus several Internet sites dealing with filmmaking. He has also produced over twenty publicity projects for Universal Studios Home Entertainment where he made video documentaries about moviemakers, co-produced special live events, and wrote publicity materials and interviewed movie craftspeople, including Peter Jackson (KING KONG), Zack Snyder (300), and David Twohy (RIDDICK). He published his first book, FREELANCE WRITING FOR HOLLYWOOD, for Michael Wiese in 2000 and has a book about Tim Burton due in 2009. Since 1996, Scott has also created regularly released exclusive DVD documentaries about special makeup effects artistry. Scott lives in the LA area with his two miniature Dachshunds.