Writer.director.producer
Scout Pertofsky is a writer and director specializing in surrealist queer horror.
About
Scout Pertofsky is an emerging live-action director and screenwriter from and based in Los Angeles. They have written numerous feature scripts in the horror and dark comedy genre. When they aren’t writing or directing, Scout works full-time as an associate producer at the advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day.
Their original short horror film OVERTIME premiered at the 2023 LA Shorts International Film Festival and won Best Featurette at the 2023 Horror Haus Film Festival marking their first entry into the festival world since graduating from college in 2020.
Short films
OVERTIME
A salary worker trapped in her office building after dark finds herself in a battle of wits and strength against a mysterious creature that not only wants her life but her job too.
The Housing Lottery
Based on the short story by Shirley Jackson, a freshman at college must attend her school's deadly annual housing lottery when the campus runs out of dorms for the incoming class.
Producer
Recent campaigns and videos Scout has produced.
