Tracy Scott (March 8, 1970 – April 30, 2016) was an American script supervisor, who frequently collaborated with producer
Megan Ellison
Margaret Elizabeth Ellison (born January 31, 1986) is an American film producer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Annapurna Pictures, established in 2011. She produced the films ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), ''Her'' (2013), ''American Hustl ...
on her productions, including ''
Her
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'', ''
American Hustle
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'', ''
Foxcatcher'' and ''
Joy''.
Born in
Charleston, South Carolina
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and raised in
Toledo, Ohio, Scott was a graduate of
Miami University, as well as
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, during which she interned on the
Stephen King
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adaptation of ''
The Green Mile''. Encouraged by Susan Malerstein, ''The Green Mile's'' script supervisor, Scott moved to
Los Angeles in 1999.
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Scott supervised the scripts for films such as '' Garden State'', '' The Proposal'', '' Up in the Air'', '' The Last Song'', '' Movie 43'', '' Whiplash'' and '' The Gambler''. Her last credits were in 2015, on the projects ''Joy'', ''Concussion
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'' and '' Black Mass''.
Scott also worked on television series such as ''Parks and Recreation
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'', ''Sons of Anarchy
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'', ''Wilfred Wilfred may refer to:
* Wilfred (given name), a given name and list of people (and fictional characters) with the name
* Wilfred, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
* ''Wilfred'' (Australian TV series), a comedy series
* ' ...
'' and ''Happy Endings
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Film and television
* ''Happy Ending'' (film), a 2014 Bollywood film
* ''Winter Passing'', a 2005 American film released in the UK in 2013 as ''Happy ...
''.
Scott was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2015, and after undergoing treatments for the disease was informed in April 2016 she had cancer. She died at her parents' home in Florida on April 30, 2016, aged 46.[
]
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1970 births
2016 deaths
American script supervisors
Deaths from cancer in Florida
Miami University alumni