{"id":12526,"date":"2014-09-12T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T15:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12526"},"modified":"2014-09-12T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T15:49:51","slug":"five-quick-questions-with-leigh-scott-and-piranha-sharks-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12526","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Questions with Leigh Scott and Piranha Sharks Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"leigh\"<\/a>Since graduating from USC School of Cinematic Arts, Leigh Scott has directed and wrote over twenty films and is credited as a producer for a couple dozen.\u00a0 The films he worked on include films by The Asylum which between 2005 and 2007 he worked on fifteen Asylum Films.\u00a0 Leigh also worked on films by Roger Corman\u2019s Concorde Pictures. \u00a0Several years ago Leigh started up his production company Imaginarium which brought us the entertaining film Piranha Sharks <\/em>which Leigh produced, co-wrote, and directed. \u00a0You can read the B Movie Nation Piranha Shark <\/em>review after the interview.<\/p>\n

Piranha Sharks<\/em><\/strong>
\nwww.piranhasharks.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Great white sharks bio-engineered to be the size of piranhas with the purpose of living in rich people’s exotic aquariums terrorize New York City when they get into the water supply and do what great white sharks do best.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[youtube_sc url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VyFXkC2mLvQ&feature=youtu.be”]<\/p>\n

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Five Quick Questions with Leigh Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and left to attend USC School of Cinematic Arts.\u00a0 Can quickly share little about yourself and when you knew you wanted to make movies?<\/p>\n

LEIGH: I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker from a very young age, probably six or seven. I\u2019m lucky in that sense that I\u2019ve never really questioned what I want to do or should be doing. I wrote my first letter to USC when I was about ten. I don\u2019t come from a wealthy background, so it was a stretch for me to consider going to USC, but I was determined and made it happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After you graduated and made the two comedies Beach House<\/em> and Art House<\/em> you then took a little break from films.\u00a0 Why and what made you get back into filmmaking?<\/p>\n

LEIGH: I didn\u2019t take a break really. I was still working in films and on films, just not as the point person. I worked on crews, basically doing every job possible so I could see the film set from every perspective. And I produced films for friends.\u00a0 I also tried to live a bit more of a \u201cnormal\u201d life. I got married, bought a bar and tried to be more stable because the world of indie film is so full of ups and downs. Clearly, since I went back to it 100%, the normal world really didn\u2019t suit me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Working with two of the biggest B Movie companies, The Asylum and Concorde Pictures, how beneficial were the experiences to your current production company?<\/p>\n

LEIGH: They were both great experiences. Corman was cool because of the history. And getting to work directly with Roger was amazing. But you can\u2019t stay with Roger too long. It\u2019s a spring board to bigger things, so I learned what I could and moved on pretty quickly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Asylum was a bit frustrating at the end of the day. I was with them at the beginning and I saw it as a great business model with great potential. Ultimately, I wanted to keep growing in terms of markets and to a greater degree, artistically. They are very content where they are. Their idea of expansion is twenty crappy movies instead of ten in a year. I think if I stayed with them, they would probably be making theatrical releases and Sundance films in addition to the Sharknados. But without me, they sort of settled into a groove and haven\u2019t really progressed. Which is kind of sad. I think the three guys who run the Asylum are really good people, probably the most honest and fair that I\u2019ve encountered in the industry. But they\u2019ve sort of bought into their own hype and become part of the machine. I truly feel that \u201cso bad they\u2019re good\u201d movies are okay on the small, fun, indie level. But the Asylum has pushed that logic into the mainstream, which is bad for everyone. It\u2019s makes the culture more cynical and, quite frankly, dumber.