Scott Coffey

Scott Coffey, an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, was born in Honolulu. At sixteen he moved to Rome, attended high school, and acted in Once Upon a Time in America, among other films. He later moved to New York, signed with the William Morris Agency, studied acting, and appeared off-Broadway in It's All Talk. After moving to Los Angeles, he appeared in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and SpaceCamp (1986), and his television work included a special Twilight Zone episode and an Amazing Stories episode directed by Robert Zemeckis. In 1988 he played Chip in Shag, earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male. He directed Ellie Parker (2005), an Official Selection at Sundance that received the Seattle International Film Festival's New American Cinema Special Jury Prize, as well as Adult World and It Takes Three. He wrote All God's Children Can Dance and appeared in Mulholland Drive, Tank Girl (1995), and the web series Rabbits.