Collection of creative projects made by Scott Willis
Scott has produced short films that have been broadcast on UK and international platforms including NPO DOC, Holland Doc24, and the Community Channel. His work has also been screened at prestigious venues such as the BFI Southbank, Somerset House, and Whitechapel Gallery — earning awards and recognition along the way.
Dear Peter
Dir. Scott Willis [2016]
After discovering a large collection of handwritten postcards in a secondhand shop, filmmaker Scott Willis begins a journey to track down their owner. The messages on the postcards create a picture of unknown man called Peter.
But with the collection spanning over seventy years, a reunion seems unlikely. Who was Peter? How did his life end? And what happens to us when our time is up?
Dear Peter directed by Scott Willis. Music composed by Josh Sabin and Sound Design by Keith Duncan.
Eye For Film | Dear Peter Review ★★★★
W I N N E R – Scotland Audience Award Glasgow Short Film Festival 2016
N O M I N A T I O N – BAFTA SCOTLAND NEW TALENT AWARDS 2016: FACTUAL
N O M I N A T I O N – Shortlisted for The Independent Award : Creative Edinburgh Awards 2016.
Screened at:
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK, 2016. (In-Competition)
Leeds International Film Festival, UK, 2016.
Open Film Night, Leeds, UK, 2016.
Inverness Film Festival, UK, 2016.
London Short Film Festival, UK, 2017.
Yurt Cinema Summer Tour of Scottish film, Scotland, 2017.
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, London, UK, 2017.
British Shorts, Lichtspieklub Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2018.
DocFeed Documentary Film Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2018.
Made in 2016.
Tapes From The Revolutionary
Dir. Scott Willis [2014]What is it like to see the world through someone else’s eyes?Filmmaker, Scott Willis discovers Andy, a self-proclaimed communist revolutionary that documents his life on a Hi-8 camcorder. Aiming to understand the purpose behind the tapes Willis picks up his camera, however Andy has his own agenda for the project.Tapes from The Revolutionary is a humorous unconventional documentary that turns the lens on itself an examines the filmmaking process.The film is directed by Scott Willis.
Musical composition by Josh Sabin and sound design by Ali Murray.
B R O A D C A S T E D on NPO DOC.
Broadcasted on Dutch National Television, In Association with Breaking Ground. November, 2015.
F E A TU R E D on Doc Alliance Films.
W I N N E R – IdeasTap Graduate Award : Short Film 2015, in association with BAFTA.
W I N N E R – DOCfeed: Best International Short Documentary Film Award, 2016.
W I N N E R – Hammerbrook Film Festival 2015 Grand Prix.
W I N N E R – Silveron International Film Festival ‘Best Documentary’ 2016.
W I N N E R – Audience Award at Edinburgh College of Art 2014 Graduate Filmhouse screening.
A W A R D E D – Helen A. Rose Bequest, for Distinguished final year work by University Of Edinburgh. June 2014.
S H O R T L I S T E D – CHANNEL 4 Award for Innovation in Storytelling.
S H O R T L I S T E D – THE SKINNY Short Film Competition 2015.
S H O R T L I S T E D – Ickle Film Festival Judges Award 2015.
S H O R T L I S T E D – ‘Best Of The Fest’ Greenhorn Short Film Festival Award 2015.
S C R E E N E D at;
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK, 2015.
Speakeasy Cinema Screenings, Melbourne, Australia, 2015.
The Skinny Film Competition Showcase, Edinburgh, UK, 2015.
Edinburgh Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.
Here + Now Film Showcase, Edinburgh, UK, 2015.
Ickle Film Festival, Dundee, UK, 2015.
Festival Filmes Sobre Arte Portugal, Portugal, 2015. [OPENING FILM]
Inverness Film Festival, Inverness, UK, 2015.
Greenhorn Short Film Festival, London, UK, 2015.
Exploding Cinema, London, UK, 2015.
Hammerbrook Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany, 2015.
British Shorts, Lichtspieklub Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2016.
DOCfeed Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2016.
Pop-Up Brighton, Brighton, UK, 2016.
Gather Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2016.
Kutler’s Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016.
Syn Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2016.
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, 2016.
Speechless Film Festival, Minnesota, USA, 2016.
The Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema, Bulgaria, 2016.
Pop-Up Cinema, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2016.
Leiden International short Film Experience, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2016.
No Gloss Film Festival, Leeds, UK, 2016.
Sheffield Fringe, Sheffield, UK, 2016.
Silveron International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2016.
TrueDoc Documentary Festival, 2016.
Wolves Independent International Film Festival, Utena, Lithuania, 2016.
Short Circuit Shorts, Brighton, UK, 2016.
Made in 2014.
Hollywood's Weirdest Record Label
Dir Scott Willis [2024]
Studs! Leather! Chains! Christmas trees?
The LA 80’s strip was a hotspot for metal bands trying to land a record deal… Some found fame while most found tinnitus!
How can you make your band stand out?
From furry sided vinyl to sticking shredded dollar bills into wax, these unique records are all made by one man, David T. Richards.
From a garage located in Hollywood, USA, David explored what a vinyl record could be and gave the young hopeful metal bands a taste of stardom in the process.
During lockdown 2020, these records are a breadcrumb trail for filmmaker
Scott Willis to uncover the myths of Hollywood’s weirdest record label, Azra Records.
Hollywood’s Weirdest Record Label is a speed metal patchwork blitz into LA’s 1980’s underground metal scene and a insight into the world of outsider art in vinyl records!
Turn it up to 11!
One more tune!
Go crate diggin’ for some weird vinyl records! Azra Records
catalogue on Instagram… Go on, give us a like and a follow!
Get a taste of LA’s 1980’s underground heavy metal scene! Dive into the deep end of Azra Records output on our spotify playlist.
Contains: Over Kill, Jag Panzer, Knightmare II, Liege Lord.
A Place Just On The Map
Dir. Scott Willis [2014]
On a wild lonely shore on the far north of Scotland stands ‘Dounreay’. Operating since the 1950’s as a nuclear research facility, the plant is now defunct and in the process of being decommissioned. Disposing of nuclear waste stored in underground vaults has created anxiety for the plants neighbours, who live as a traditional crofting family. Deirdre, the mother of the family, has worked on the croft all her life and expresses her concerns for the families future.
B R O A D C A S T E D on Holland Doc 24
S C R E E N E D at:
Green Go Film Festival,
Two Short Night Film Festival, Exeter, UK, 2012.
Decagram 1.8, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.
Made in 2012.
Our Nation's Sons
Dir. Scott Willis [2013]
Client: Joe Caslin
Our Nations’s Sons uses portraits of young men as a tool to provoke and question current social and media representations of this generation.
Hoping to change the view towards young men in the city, a high school art class attempts this
by the use of street art.
BBC News covered the event. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17727181
W I N N E R – Association of Illustrators New Talent Public Realm, 2013.
S H O R T L I S T E D – My Street film competition 2012.
B R O A D C A S T E D on British TV via The Community Channel
S T R E A M E D on Huffington Post
S T R E A M E D on Doc Alliance. (dafilms.com).
E X H I B I T E D:
Somerset House, London during Association Of Illustrators exhibition. October 2013.
S C R E E N E D at;
Open City Documentary Film Festival 2013.
Electric Picnic Music Festival 2014.
Guide To Fetal Development
Dir. Scott Willis [2014]
Self animated sixty second satirical short. Guide To Fetal Development sheds light on the influence social media has on the fetal development process. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!
W I N N E R – Ideas Tap: 60 Second Shorts: Teenage Kicks
W I N N E R – Best Short Cinevana: London 2015.
S H O R T L I S T E D – Young Greenhorn Film Award 2014.
S H O R T L I S T E D – Leamington Underground Cinema: 60 Seconds Max Film Prize
S E L E C T E D for Short Sighted Cinema’s Tour 2015.
S E L E C T E D for 100 Films In 100 Minutes 2016 Tour.
S C R E E N E D at;
Cellu l’art Short Film Festival Jena, Germany, 2018.
British Film Institute: We the Peoples Festival, London. UK, 2016.
100 Films In 100 Minutes, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016.
100 Films In 100 Minutes, Poland, 2016.
100 Films In 100 Minutes, Bulgaria, 2016.
Portsmouth International Film Festival, UK, 2016.
Global Revolution Film Festival, New York, USA, 2016.
World of Film International Festival Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2016.
Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Slovakia, 2016.
XPO North, Inverness, UK, 2016.
Wellington Underground Film Festival, New Zealand, 2016.
Toronto Urban Film Festival, [Exhibited on subway platform screens across the Toronto transit system reaching over one million daily commuters in September], Toronto, Canada, 2015.
Milano Film Festival, Milan, Italy, 2015.
Inverness Film Festival, Inverness, UK, 2015.
Cinevana: London, London, UK, 2015.
Bark Film Showcase, Woodland Creatures, Edinburgh, UK, 2015.
C the film Screenings, Edinburgh, UK, 2015. [multiple screenings]
Fieldview Festival, Wiltshire, UK, 2015. [Short Sighted Cinema Tour]
Leamington Underground Cinema, London, UK, 2015.
San Antonio Laughs Comedy Film Slam, San Antonio, USA, 2015.
Short Sighted Cinema presents The Shortest Nights, Human.Machine programme, London, UK, 2015.
TromaDance Detroit, USA, 2015.
Just Gather Film Festival, Edinburgh. UK, 2015
British Film Institute: Teenage Kicks Screening, London. UK 2014.
Bottle Cap Film Festival, Newcastle, UK, 2014.
I Cordoba International Film Festival, Argentina, 2014.
Ickle Film Fesitval, Dundee, UK, 2014.
Decagram 1.9, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.