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Scott F Burkhardt

(he/him/his)

Office Hours

fall 2022

Office hours: By appointment via Zoom.

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Scott Burkhardt is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of the Arts where he was a Dean's Scholar. He received grants for his work from New Line Cinema, the Milos Forman Foundation, The Caucus Foundation, and the Carole and Robert Daly Foundation. His thesis film, The Assastant, won multiple awards and was nominated for a Student Academy Award. The film aired on PBS and Hulu for five years.

His latest short film, Girls Are Strong Here, won multiple screenplay awards and production funding from the Sun Valley Film Festival. It went on to play film festivals around the world and won the 2021 Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short @ IFF Boston and the 2022 Humanitas Prize for Best Short Film. His next short film, We Buy Houses, is currently in post production and he just wrapped production on another short film.

He has written for television (NBC’s Smash) and developed shows for NBC Universal and CBS Studios. He is currently working on various writing/directing projects in both television and film.

 

Associations:
Writer's Guild of America, East (WGAE)
Screen Actor's Guild (SAG)

 

 

Publications

Courses Taught

spring 2024

ENGL 3600.402 Screenwriting Workshop  
ENGL 3603.401 Writing for Television  

fall 2023

ENGL 3600.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 3600.403 Screenwriting  
ENGL 3603.401 Writing for Television  

fall 2022

ENGL 3600.402 Screenwriting Workshop  
ENGL 3600.403 Screenwriting Workshop  
ENGL 3603.401 Writing for Television  

spring 2022

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2021

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

spring 2021

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2020

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

spring 2020

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2019

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

spring 2019

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2018

ENGL 110.401 Writing for Television  
ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

spring 2018

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2017

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  
ENGL 416.640 Screenwriting  

spring 2017

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2016

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

spring 2016

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting  

fall 2015

ENGL 116.402 Screenwriting  
ENGL 116.403 Screenwriting