Biography
Allan Scott (born September 16, 1939, as Allan George Shiach) is a Scottish screenwriter and producer for film and television.
Known For
Complete Filmography

You're Cordially Invited
2025
as Puppeteer
When two weddings are accidentally booked on the same day at the same venue, each bridal party is challenged with preserving their family's special mo...

The Spirit of 1926
2022
Writer
In 1926 Janet ‘Nettie’ Harbison crafted what would become the most valuable bottle of wine or spirit ever sold at auction.

Creating The Queen's Gambit
2021
as Self - Co-Creator
A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to lif...

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019
as Self
New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst others...

Kon-Tiki
2012
Script Consultant
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was...
Dark Side
2003
Producer
After her twin sister mysteriously commits suicide, a lawyer begins to investigate and stumbles upon her sister's dark secrets.

The Fourth Angel
2001
Producer, Screenplay
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terroris...

Grizzly Falls
1999
Producer
When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger...

The Match
1999
Producer
Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure ...

Regeneration
1997
Screenplay, Producer
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest hom...

In Love and War
1996
Screenplay, Screenstory
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful ol...

The Preacher's Wife
1996
Screenplay
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived nei...

Samson and Delilah
1996
Writer
Biblical strongman Samson falls prey to the voluptuous Philistine temptress Delilah.

True Blue
1996
Executive Producer
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.

Two Deaths
1996
Executive Producer, Writer
A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.

Shallow Grave
1994
Executive Producer
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newf...

Cold Heaven
1992
Writer, Producer
An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.

The Witches
1990
Screenplay
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand H...

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
Writer
The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

Taffin
1988
Executive Producer
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.

Apprentice to Murder
1988
Writer
Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell...

Castaway
1986
Writer
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving ta...

D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
Writer
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot wit...

Martin's Day
1985
Writer
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good littl...

The Awakening
1980
Writer
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.

Golden Rendezvous
1977
Writer
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...

Joseph Andrews
1977
Screenplay, Lyricist
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An...

The Spiral Staircase
1975
Screenplay
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.

The Girl from Petrovka
1974
Writer
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them u...

Don't Look Now
1973
Screenplay
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

The Man Who Had Power Over Women
1970
Writer
A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. Moving in with his friend and igniting an affair with the man's wife, he als...