Scott A. Mosier (born March 5, 1971) is an American-Canadian film producer, director and editor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast SModcast.
Early life Mosier was born in Vancouver, Washington.
Mosier met Kevin Smith while both were attending Vancouver Film School in Canada. Their first assignment, Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary, was a student film documentary that fell apart in production. To salvage it, Smith and Mosier interviewed the crew about the demise of the very documentary that they had been attempting to produce.
Four months into the eight-month program, Smith decided to drop out, but not before making a deal with Mosier: each would start writing a script of his own, and the one who finished last would help the other with his film.
Career
View Askew He also contributed by appearing on-screen as multiple characters, including the angry hockey player and Willam Black (Snowball).
In the film, he portrayed Svenning's assistant, Roddy. The character later appeared on a Jay and Silent Bob MTV short.
Mosier appears in the beginning of the film as the comics convention patron who gets into an argument with Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) after demeaning his career as a “tracer”.
On the 1999 film Dogma, Mosier worked with Greenlee again; the editing of the film lasted nearly a year. He also played the Smooching Seaman who Ben Affleck and Matt Damon meet on the bus.
On the 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Mosier worked with a budget of $20 million. In the film, Mosier played the assistant director on the set of the fictional sequel to Good Will Hunting and reprises his Willam Black character from Clerks.
Mosier had a larger budget to work with on the film Jersey Girl, at $35 million. The editing was difficult due to the studio's desire to cut a large amount of Jennifer Lopez footage and did not feature her in the marketing following the poor box-office performance of Gigli.
Mosier produced Clerks II in 2006. Smith stated he edited the film himself, making Clerks II one of three films Mosier has produced with Smith, but not edited (the others being Mallrats and Zack and Miri Make a Porno). Mosier makes a brief cameo as a concerned father who shields his daughter's eyes from the sight of a character sitting on a toilet.
In 2008, Mosier worked again with Smith as the producer on Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Other work Mosier served as an executive producer, editor, and actor for Bryan Johnson's Vulgar, an Askew production. He had also served as a producer (along with Smith) on Drawing Flies, A Better Place, and Clerks: The Animated Series; he served as a co-executive producer on Good Will Hunting and Big Helium Dog. He also appeared in cameos in Drawing Flies as the Crying Diaperman, in A Better Place as Larry, and in Vulgar as Scotty. Although he barely recorded any episodes in 2017, Mosier is also a co-host, along with Smith, of the SModcast podcast hosted by the Smith-owned SModcast.com.
In 2007, Salim Baba, a short documentary Mosier produced, was nominated for an Academy Award. Filmmakers Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello received the nomination (Mosier was unable to be nominated due to a limit of two nominees per short film).
On SModcast 77, Mosier announced he would not produce Smith's film Cop Out (2010), instead pursuing his directorial debut. He stated on SModcast 90 that he finished writing his first feature screenplay and was in the process of trying to sell it.
On August 10, 2011, Mosier stated on Twitter that he has written some episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon on Disney. This was confirmed in a special "SModcast Extra" (attached to SModcast No. 204 and episode 5 of the Comic Book Men podcast "Secret Stash") in which he and Smith interview Joe Casey; Mosier has written six scripts for the series.
Mosier made his directorial debut with Illumination Entertainment's animated feature The Grinch, based on the book by Dr. Seuss, and co-directed with Yarrow Cheney. It was released on November 9, 2018.
Personal life Mosier was personally involved with fellow producer Monica Hampton for a while, whom he met while the two were producing Vulgar. He married girlfriend Alex Hilebronner on September 1, 2006. The couple met on the set of Jersey Girl.
In the documentary Back to the Well: Clerks II, he states that he is agnostic, but has gone to church with Kevin Smith on occasion.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Clerks Willam "Snowball" BlackAngry Hockey PlayerMourner Co-producerCo-Film editor with Kevin Smith Special thanks 1995 Mallrats Roddy ProducerStoryboard artistExecutive album producerSpecial thanks 1996 Drawing Flies Crying Diaperman Executive producer1997 Good Will Hunting Co-executive producer Larry Executive producerSound editor Chasing Amy Collector ProducerEditorSpecial thanks1999 Tail Lights Fade Executive producerSpecial thanks Dogma Smooching Seaman ProducerEditorStoryboard artistSecond unit directorSpecial thanks Big Helium Dog Executive producer 2000 Vulgar Scotty Executive producerSpecial thankseditorDialogue editor 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season Assistant DirectorWillam BlackCollector (deleted scene) ProducerEditorStoryboard artistSecond unit director (uncredited)Executive album producerSpecial thanks 2004 Jersey Girl ProducerEditor2005 Editor Fool's Gold Editor Reel Paradise Producer 2006 Clerks II Concerned Father ProducerSpecial thanks2007 Who's Your Caddy? Editor Small Town Gay Bar Executive producerEditorSpecial thanks 2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno Producer2012 Best Kept Secret Executive producer Producer2013 Free Birds Pizza Dude ProducerScreenplay Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie The General Voice only Potential Inertia Inspirational thanks Milius Executive producer 2018The Grinch Co-directorAdditional voices2019The Secret Life of Pets 2 Additional voices Jay and Silent Bob Reboot S.W.A.T. OfficerBluntman Fan 2021 Sing 2 Mason Additional voices 2022 Clerks III Willam "Snowball" Black Role shared with Ethan Suplee 2027 Baahubali: The Eternal War – Part 1 Screenplay TBA Meebo and Me Director
+ Television Year Title RoleNotes 1995 Clerks Special thanks 1996 Hiatus Executive producer 1999 Viewaskew's Look Back at Mallrats Himself – Producer Special thanks 2006 Clerks II: Unauthorized Himself 2012 Ultimate Spider-Man Writer: Six episodes 2014 Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop! Editor
+ Videos Year Title RoleNotes 2001 Judge Not: In Defence of Dogma Himself – Interviewee Producer 2002 Himself – Voice Over the Phone2004 Clerks: 10th Anniversary Q & A Himself Clerks: The Lost Scene Producer Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks Himself2006 Train Wreck! Himself Editor Back to the Well: Clerks II Himself Executive producerSpecial thanks 2009 Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc Himself
+ Short films Year Title JobNotes 1992 Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary Directorwriterproducer 2002 ProducereditorFirst assistant director 2007 Salim Baba Producer Oscar nominated for Best Documentary Short 2016 Eddie's Life Coach Director Sing short film
References
External links
Mae Day Scott Mosier's first film, a documentary shot while in film school