His first widely seen work was a series of TV adverts for cheese shot between 19.
Scott gained a degree in cinematography from the Universite Du Quebec A Montreal in 1991. Ken Scott is one of Canada’s most successful film makers, he’s responsible for the second biggest Canadian film of all time, and Montreal’s La Presse newspaper named him one of the 25 most influential Canadian’s on the cultural scene. UNFINISHED BUSINESS is released in Irish cinemas this week, and we took the opportunity to gather together some facts about the films’ director, Ken Scott. He lives in a town called Altea – between Valencia and Alicante – with wife Hayley, 42, and children Emily, 17, and Callum, 14.Everything You Need To Know About Ken Scott, director of UNFINISHED BUSINESS… Ken moved to Spain around eight years ago. He said: “I intend to get him the international recognition he deserves.” North radio host Paul “Goffy” Gough is Ken’s publicist. The book, Do The Birds Still Sing In Hell? is expected to be made into a film later this year.Īnd Ken has been in talks with London film director Reg Travis about getting one of his original screenplays onto the big screen. He ghost-wrote Second World War survivor Horace Greasley’s memoirs of his five years in captivity at the hands of the Nazis. Ken also hopes to break onto the big screen in the coming year. Now the actress is working with him again on her debut novel – to be published at the end of the year. He first helped her with her autobiography, This Heart Within Me Burns. But in his 12 years at the Post Office he immersed himself in books between shifts, and finally began writing when he was 40.Īnd now, “The Ghost” has teamed up with Durham-based Benidorm star Crissy Rock. Ken, originally from Heaton, Newcastle told how he left Manor Park Comprehensive School with no qualifications and how his English ‘O’ level was so bad, it was graded as unclassified. It’s a world away from Ken’s first job at the Newcastle Post Office in Orchard Street. Since then, Ken has continued to court controversy, working with a convicted murderer serving life in jail.Īlthough he refused to reveal the identity of the lag, who has served 18 years for a murder he claims he did not commit, Ken says they have since become “good friends”.
“One critic said it was the most honest sports autobiography ever written.” He came clean and even listed everything that he took. But he was a very honest guy and his book was a warts-and-all account of what had happened. Ken, 50, a dad-of-two, said: “Dwain’s book did cause controversy, a lot of stores would not even stock it. There were calls to ban the book, Race Against Me, before it was even published. One of the most controversial autobiographies he has penned is that of shamed sprinter Dwain Chambers, who was banned from athletics after he was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.Īfter Chambers’ doping ban in 2003, his announcement that he was writing his autobiography was controversial. Ken may have not been a success in the classroom but his books leap off the shelves. He left school with no qualifications, but Ken Scott is now ghost writer to the stars.
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