Scott Nemes began his career as a child actor, and was a regular on the celebrated television series It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Wonder Years. His films as a child actor included Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire and D.C. Cab; and Steven Spielberg's "Kick the Can" segment of Twilight Zone – The Movie.
As an adult, he moved behind the camera. While working with director Penny Marshall, he helped developed such films as Cinderella Man (ultimately directed by Ron Howard) and Live from Baghdad (later helmed as a telefilm by Mick Jackson).
As an executive at the production company Immortal Entertainment, Mr. Nemes co-produced My Baby's Daddy, directed by Cheryl Dunye; and was active in the development of such features as Kiss of the Dragon, directed by Chris Nahon, and Rosanna Arquette's unique documentary Searching For Debra Winger. He then segued to working with director/producer on James Mangold, through the development and production of the filmmaker's award-winning Walk the Line and 3:10 to Yuma.
In his earlier projects with Hanna producer Marty Adelstein, he executive-produced Glen Morgan's Black Christmas, starring Michelle Trachtenberg; and produced Paul Scheuring's The Experiment, starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker.
Mr. Nemes was Senior Vice President of Production and Development for The Film Department, the film financing/production company whose movies have included F. Gary Gray's Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler; Bart Freundlich's soon-to-be-released The Rebound, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha; and Nicole Kassell's upcoming A Little Bit of Heaven, starring Kate Hudson and Gael García Bernal.
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