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Scott Smith

スコット・スミス

Sukotto Sumisu

Aliases: Scott B. Smith

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965-07-13 （Summit, New Jersey）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Summit, New Jersey → Toledo, Ohio

Career

Occupations
Author, Screenwriter, Executive producer
Active Years
1993-2024
Influenced By
Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination (A Simple Plan)

Education

Dartmouth College
Country: United States
Columbia University
Writing
Degree: MFA
Country: United States

Awards

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
1999
Work: A Simple Plan
Category: Best Screenplay
Organization: Broadcast Film Critics Association
Result: Winner
National Board of Review Award
1999
Work: A Simple Plan
Category: Best Screenplay
Organization: National Board of Review
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Simple Plan

1993 Thriller

Three men find $4.4 million in a crashed plane and their simple plan unravels.

GreedMoral decayBetrayal
Adaptations
  • [Film] A Simple Plan / Sam Raimi (1998)
Translations
  • Italian: Un piano semplice (Mario Biondi)

The Ruins

2006 Horror

Tourists encounter carnivorous vines at an ancient Mayan ruin in Mexico.

Terror of natureIsolationSurvival
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Ruins / Carter Smith (2008)
Translations
  • Slovakian: Ruiny (Katarína Jusková)
  • Spanish: Las Ruinas (Jaume Subira Ciurana)
  • Swedish: Ruinerna (Olov Hyllienmark)
  • Danish (Henrik Enemark Sørensen)
  • Polish: Prosty Plan (Jan Kraśko)
  • Spanish: Un plan simple (Rosa Corgatelli)

Bibliography

  • A Simple Plan (1993)
  • The Ruins (2006)
  • The Egg Man (Open City Magazine, 2005)
  • Up in Old Vermont (Seize the Night, 2015)
  • Dogs (Dark Cities, 2017)
  • Christmas in Barcelona (Hark! The Herald Angels Scream, 2018)
  • The New Boyfriend (Ten-Word Tragedies, 2019)

Adaptations

  • A Simple Plan (film, 1998)
  • The Ruins (film, 2008)
  • Siberia (film, 2018)
  • The Burnt Orange Heresy (film, 2019)
  • The Peripheral (TV series, 2022)

Translations of Works

  • Italian: Un piano semplice (1993)
  • Slovakian: Ruiny (2006)
  • Spanish: Las Ruinas (2007)
  • Swedish: Ruinerna
  • Danish
  • Polish: Prosty Plan
  • Spanish: Un plan simple

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Suspenseful narrativeDetailed psychological portrayal
Recurring Motifs
Dark side of ordinary peopleThreats from nature

Legacy

Known for two novels adapted into films, Oscar-nominated screenplay, praised by Stephen King. Also screenwriter and TV showrunner.

Trivia

  • Stephen King called The Ruins 'the best horror novel of the new century.'
  • Oscar nomination for A Simple Plan screenplay.