Aysha Scott is the founder and CEO of A Scott Productions and has been described as an “exemplary, high caliber graduate of London South Bank”. She embarked on her journey into filmmaking after discovering a gap in the market for black female characters during her career as an actress. They create powerful thought-provoking films, theatre and TV series. She also founded A Scott Publishing and A Scott Academy, teaching film, acting and creative writing to chuldren and young people. She has been producing media content since 2004. She was the founder of Ethos digital Magazine creating music videos, short films, and interviews handling all media concepts for the magazine’s content. In 2007, she trained at the highly acclaimed Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington, working professionally in numerous TV, film, and theatre productions. She later graduated from London South Bank University with a 2.1 in studying Creative Writing awarded the Course Directors Prize for outstanding achievement.
Shortly after graduating, she formed her production company A Scott Productions to house her independent films. Followed by A Scott Academy to teach film, acting, and creative writing to young people she has carved out a progressive career as an independent filmmaker. Her co-written and produced feature film ’Residential’ premiered at the British Urban Film Festival in 2016 and was nominated for two awards at the BUFF Festival 2017. She completed her award-winning short film ‘It Still Hurts’ under the company’s slate with numerous UK and international festival screenings. In 2017 she produced the multi-award-winning short film ‘Voice of Reason alongside US director Antoine Allen. She recently made her directorial debut in her anti-bullying short film ‘Dismissed’, available on seven streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime and Apple TV. It has over 1M views on YouTube and was screened at 12 festivals, winning a monetary award from the Women of African Decent festival, and the Jurors Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking. We are so inspired by this conversation and would love for you to listen and watch her independant films.