Scott Strauss Email & Phone Number | Scott Strauss is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and President of Badlands Productions. Badlands is a partnership between the former Sony executive and Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee's Thunder Road (John Wick 1-4, Sicario 1 & 2, The Town). Backed by Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman’s Renegade Capital, the new independent genre label will feature development and co-fi funds and plans to make two to three films a year. First up for Badlands will be Arachnid. Written by Jayson Rothwell and directed by Ángel Gómez, the high-concept spider thriller begins principal photography this July in Madrid. Prior to Badlands, Strauss served as Executive Vice President of Screen Gems (July 2004 - December 2023). He was responsible for finding, developing, packaging material, and overseeing global production and post-production on three to four films a year for Sony's consistently profitable film division. He specialized in finding up-and-coming talent and conceptualizing and executing cost-conscious films with high return potential. Strauss was primary executive on films targeting wide international audiences, genre films targeting international horror audiences, as well as a number of films created by and featuring diverse talent made for diverse audiences. Past productions include: The Pope's Exorcist, The Invitation, Resident Evil 2-6, Monster Hunter, Slenderman Underworld 2-5, No Good Deed, About Last Night, Think Like a Man 1 & 2, The Vow, Burlesque, Easy A, Takers, Obsessed, Prom Night, Death at a Funeral, Lakeview Terrace, and The Stepfather. He previously worked as President of Outlaw Productions (where he produced Training Day, Breach, and Santa Clause 2) and Vice President of Kopelson Entertainment (where he oversaw A Perfect Murder, U.S. Marshals, and Eraser). He started in the film industry as a trainee in the ABC Entertainment Associates Program. Strauss graduated class of 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree in Communications and attended USC Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program.

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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Badlands Productions

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2024-01-01 00:00:00 - Present

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Executive Vice President

2004-07-01 00:00:00 - 2023-12-01 00:00:00

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Scott Strauss is a Scott Strauss is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and President of Badlands Productions. Badlands is a partnership between the former Sony executive and Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee's Thunder Road (John Wick 1-4, Sicario 1 & 2, The Town). Backed by Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman’s Renegade Capital, the new independent genre label will feature development and co-fi funds and plans to make two to three films a year. First up for Badlands will be Arachnid. Written by Jayson Rothwell and directed by Ángel Gómez, the high-concept spider thriller begins principal photography this July in Madrid. Prior to Badlands, Strauss served as Executive Vice President of Screen Gems (July 2004 - December 2023). He was responsible for finding, developing, packaging material, and overseeing global production and post-production on three to four films a year for Sony's consistently profitable film division. He specialized in finding up-and-coming talent and conceptualizing and executing cost-conscious films with high return potential. Strauss was primary executive on films targeting wide international audiences, genre films targeting international horror audiences, as well as a number of films created by and featuring diverse talent made for diverse audiences. Past productions include: The Pope's Exorcist, The Invitation, Resident Evil 2-6, Monster Hunter, Slenderman Underworld 2-5, No Good Deed, About Last Night, Think Like a Man 1 & 2, The Vow, Burlesque, Easy A, Takers, Obsessed, Prom Night, Death at a Funeral, Lakeview Terrace, and The Stepfather. He previously worked as President of Outlaw Productions (where he produced Training Day, Breach, and Santa Clause 2) and Vice President of Kopelson Entertainment (where he oversaw A Perfect Murder, U.S. Marshals, and Eraser). He started in the film industry as a trainee in the ABC Entertainment Associates Program. Strauss graduated class of 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree in Communications and attended USC Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program.