Meet Scott Duthie • Producer
& Founder of Angry Monkey Entertainment

by Scott V. Palmer

The music and film industry is a murky, obscure pond of little fish and bigger fish. Oftentimes, it's difficult to rise to the surface of that pond to see who the big players truly are. To be sure, we have the big name celebrities and actors and performers that seem to float above the surface for all of us to admire and be inspired by. Yet, at the very heart of the industry are the folks that are con-stantly elbows-deep in the production, promotion and distribution of those 'big fish'.

Meet Scott Duthie. Scott is the founder of Angry Monkey Enter-tainment, a specialized Production, Marketing, and Distribution Com-pany, (out of Brent-wood, Tennessee) which recently super-vised the theatrical dis-tribution of Brian Herzlinger's new film, "Baby On Board," starring Heather Graham, Jerry O'Connell, John Corbett, and Lara Flynn Boyle.

Scott is definitely swimming with the 'big fish' with-out a doubt. Of course, all of the opportunities, pro-jects and productions Scott has worked on over the years didn't exactly fall into his lap. Scott did his time and worked tirelessly to become an alumnus of the American Film Institute with a postgraduate degree in Motion Picture Production Design. And if that wasn't enough to transfer to an impressive industry resume, Scott sought out challenging projects that utilized his mastery of staying at the forefront of technology in the production aspect of both film and television.

The early days of Scott's career in Seattle, Washing-ton, saw him saddle up with and function as technical consultant and creative director for major players like, Microsoft, UPS, Nintendo and Boeing. Not satisfied, he went on ahead and worked with Purina and Hall-mark, as well. That pond we were talking about ear-lier is getting quite a bit more crowded now isn't?

Scott also took some time to play a key role on the creative teams for a few productions you may have heard of like, "The Rock-ford Files", "The Magnificent Seven", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Tracey Takes On". That pond is getting deeper, too.

As if that litany of names, shows and projects wasn't enough for you, (and it certainly wasn't for Mr.Duthie) he also went on to rack up some film and television credits, as well. Some of these you may have heard of or even watched for a time to include, "Leave it to Beaver","Sleepless in Seattle", "Dante's Peak", "The Patriot", "Temptation Island" and "Touched by and Angel."

Well, I think we can say Scott Duthie is very busy fish in the industry! Yet, he wasn't quite as tuckered out as you and I might have imagine after all of that work. Scott still had a few cards up his sleeve and went on ahead and jumped into some critical produc-tion work for many nationally successful commer-cials and promotional spots for Reebok, Pontiac, Visa, Verizon, along with ABC and CBS Network promotionals.

Oh, and if you thought film and television were the only ponds Scott learned to swim in, you'd be mis-taken. Scott also spanned the shores and jumped feet first into the waters of the music indus-try. He offered up his unique style of creativity to music videos from The Backstreet Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Donnas, Mel C, Joe Cocker, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Smashmouth, Tal Bachman, REM, Citizen King, Five For Fighters, Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, An-astacia, and Ben Moody. Not exactly a bottom-dwelling array of catfish.





Now, this might be all well and good, but Scott brought it home to the Nashville area and did us proud by producing the latest "Pure Country 2 DVD". The "Pure Country 2 DVD" saw Scott bring together some industry 'big fish' like, George Strait, Katrina Elam, Michael McKean, Cheech Marin, Bronson Pinchot, Jackie Welch, and Heidi Brook Myers in a story that involves a young woman who is gifted by angels with the strength of song, personality and perseverance. All she has to do is hold on to them through the struggles she faces. After leav-ing home and coming to Nashville to pursue her dreams, she realizes the price of fame is more than she bargained for. And if you're pickin' down on Broad-way at 'open-mic night' for tip-jar money, you know the drill. "Pure Country 2 DVD", worthy look at the desperation and the inspiration. Thanks, Scott, for the production. Yet another feather in the cap of those, like you, that have the heart to jump in, boot up and hold up a mirror to all of us here in Nashville.

Angry Monkey Entertainment
www.angrymonkeyentertainment.com

Coming In The June Issue
Country Entertainment USA's
One-on-one interview with Scott Duthie.