Scott Mantz

{{Short description|American film critic, writer, and producer}}

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| name = Scott Mantz

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| caption = Mantz at the 2024 WonderCon

| birth_name = Scott Alan Mantz{{cite web |title=Andrea Sabesin and Scott Mantz (Published 2009) |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617114435/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/fashion/weddings/29sabesin.html |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/fashion/weddings/29sabesin.html}}

| birth_date = 1968

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = Film critic, writer, producer

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| spouse = Andrea Ronni Sabesin (div.)

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Scott Alan Mantz (born 1968), is an American film critic, writer, producer and event moderator. In 2014, Mantz was the recipient of the Press Award (honoring Outstanding Entertainment Journalism) from the ICG Publicists Guild.{{cite web |title=How William Shatner's famed 'Wrath of Khan' cry became an instant 'Star Trek' legend |website=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701082803/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/09/05/william-shatner-star-trek-wrath-khan-cry-became-instant-legend/596472001/ |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/09/05/william-shatner-star-trek-wrath-khan-cry-became-instant-legend/596472001/}}[https://www.space.com/37607-star-trek-historians-talk-new-show.html Space.com][https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2017/09/22/16th-annual-san-diego-international-film-festival-honors-patrick-stewart/ Times of San Diego][http://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/oscar-predictions-scott-mantz-kevin-polowy/ Goldderby.com][http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2017/06/14/57384/neil-degrasse-tyson-shares-his-top-3-startalk-gues/ SCPR.org]

From October 2000 to January 2018, Mantz was the resident film critic and film segment producer for Access Hollywood.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviemantz.com/about-scott/|title=Movie Mantz – About Scott|website=moviemantz.com|access-date=16 April 2018}} He was also previously employed at Collider, where he hosted or served as a panelist for the film shows For Your Consideration, Movie Review Talk and Collider Movie Talk. He is currently a regular on-camera film critic for KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles.

Mantz donated a kidney to his brother in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessonline.com/videos/access-moviemantzs-heroic-gesture-53783/#tgR4VBfvYgotvdd1.01|title=Access' MovieMantz's Heroic Gesture|website=Access Online|access-date=24 September 2018}}

In 2016, Scott Mantz, Menzel and Ashley Menzel founded the Hollywood Critics Association (previously called the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society).{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2023-08-28 |title=Hollywood Critics Association renamed Hollywood Creative Alliance amid controversy |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/hollywood-critics-association-renamed-hollywood-creative-alliance-amid-controversy/article67244003.ece |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

In 2018, he joined the board of directors at the San Diego International Film Festival, which he has also hosted or co-hosted with Jeffrey Lyons since 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Susan-Sarandon-Thomas-Morgan-Scott-Mantz-Cecelia-Peck-Join-Forces-with-San-Diego-International-Film-Festival-20180622|title=Susan Sarandon, Thomas Morgan, Scott Mantz & Cecelia Peck Join Forces with San Diego International Film Festival|last=Desk|first=TV News|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}

Scott Mantz is the host of the popular Star Trek TOS podcast, Enterprise Incidents with Scott and Steve.

In August 2022, Mantz and the HCA were the subjects of an article in The Hollywood Reporter after numerous members resigned, including the group's president, amid a social conflict that occurred with a member. In the THR article, Mantz volunteered that he was terminated by Access Hollywood, after 17 years of employment, for not disclosing that he had embarked on this side venture."{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hollywood-critics-association-resignations-scandal-1235203418| title=Hollywood Critics Association in Turmoil as Numerous Members Resign, Including President, Amid Questions About Finances and Voting|last=News|first=General News|website=HollywoodReporter.com|language=en|access-date=2022-10-20}}