For those of you uninitated to the films of Wilbur Scott, his films have a certain claustrophobic creepiness to them which keep the viewers locked into his world, usually a rural area filled with seemingly normal characters who can do some strange things.
Scott, 25, got his start in 1991 with the film "Ninja Master". The 8mm film short was done with Scott's friend Timothy C. Arthur, a huge, burly-looking man who Scott went onto making over 30 films with over the next 6 years. Some of their films include "Nightshade", "Sebastian Pine", "Nobody Axed You" (an axe-murder yarn which Scott gleefully admits to be rejected by film festivals in Texas), and many others. Arthur left the spotlight in 1996, leaving Scott to work with a variety of others, including photographer Scott Zimmerman (a college buddy), Jennifer Albright, and Scott's soon-to-be wife, Melissa Green, who he has worked with since 1998. His latest film, "Mr. Irish", is his 45th film, a story of a nutty Irishman who kills his family. Scott has been slowing down as of late, compared to 1992, when he shot 13 films in one year ("And probably only one or two of them were any good." he says). Scott's belief is that low-budget cinema is the last true medium in which a filmmaker can truly express himself without reservation, and if he can master using imagination without using a lot of money, then his job is a success.
Turning to the internet just recently, Scott now has a website: www.angelfire.com/movies/wilburcinema. Filled with stills and info on nearly all his films, he is hoping to generate more interest in his works, of which there are some interesting gems. Working out of Michigan, he is hoping to continue his career for a long time to come.
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