Scott Wiper

{{short description|American film director, writer and actor}}

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Scott Wiper (born July 22, 1970) is an American writer, film director, and actor. He grew up in northeast Ohio and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992, then moved to Los Angeles to start his first movie.{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2001/01/04/the-thrill-of-the-chase/|title = Q & A: The Thrill of the Chase| date=4 January 2001 }}

He wrote, directed, and starred in A Better Way to Die. Wiper was also the co-writer and director of the action thriller, The Condemned, starring WWE's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20065|title=The Condemned Director Scott Wiper|date=24 April 2007}} Wiper wrote the screenplay for [https://www.primevideo.com/dp/amzn1.dv.gti.a4b22191-852a-0e1a-da09-17d2c33de553?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb The Cold Light of Day], starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. He also directed the WWE Film The Marine 3: Homefront starring WWE wrestler The Miz.{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/scott-wipers-cold-light-of-day-appears-at-summit|title=Scott Wiper's Cold Light of Day Appears at Summit|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623054257/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/scott-wipers-cold-light-of-day-appears-at-summit/|archivedate=2012-06-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/bruce-willis-and-sigourney-weaver-enters-the-cold-light-of-day|title=Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver Enter the Cold Light of Day|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820014456/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/bruce-willis-and-sigourney-weaver-enters-the-cold-light-of-day/|archivedate=2010-08-20}} In 2020, Wiper wrote and directed The Big Ugly, which was the first film to shoot using the RED Gemini camera.{{Cite web |last=Hemphill |first=Jim |date=2020-07-21 |title=“The Key Word on Set was ‘Darker'”: DP Jeremy Osbern on The Big Ugly, The First Feature to Shoot on a RED Gemini {{!}} Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/110035-the-key-word-on-set-was-darker-dp-jeremy-osbern-on-the-big-ugly-the-first-feature-to-shoot-on-a-red-gemini/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}