Scott Mansfield

Scott Mansfield founded monterey media and has been distributing exciting and acclaimed Independent films for 30 years now and, among other honors, was the first distributor chosen by the American Film Institute to distribute its films into home entertainment. Recent monterey media films, many starring wonderful actors such as Susan Sarandon, William Hurt, Martin Landau, Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Burstyn, and David Strathairn have garnered a Golden Globe nomination, an Indie Spirit nomination, an NAACP Spirit Award nomination, and include a film selected by Roger Ebert as one of his 10 Best Independent films.

Beginning his career in New York city as a performer and graduating to theatrical producer, Scott relocated to LA and as a filmmaker, films Scott wrote, adapted and/or directed have been accorded numerous honors, among them several CINE Golden Eagle, numerous Parents Choice Awards, five Telly Awards, and two Bronze and two Silver Awards from the Houston International Film Festival.

Mr. Mansfield's opinion on independent film distribution is often valued by the trade magazines in print, seminars and for reporting purposes.