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Scott Cummings

Scott Cummings

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Biography

Scott Cummings is known for Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), Buffalo Juggalos (2014) and Realm of Satan (2024).

Known For

Spaceman
6.7

Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.

Spaceman

2024
Beach Rats
6.0

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

Beach Rats

2017
Donnybrook
5.3

An ex-marine who struggles to provide for his family and a violent drug dealer with an undefeated fighting record are determined to compete in the Donnybrook, a legendary, bare-knuckle brawl with a cash prize of $100,000.

Donnybrook

2018
Wendy
5.7

A re-imagining of "Peter Pan" from the point of view of Wendy Darling, who finds herself lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.

Wendy

2020
Menashe
6.3

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Menashe

2017
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
7.1

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

2020
Listen Up Philip
5.9

Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.

Listen Up Philip

2014
Monsters and Men
5.8

After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of events that alter the lives of a local police officer and a star high-school athlete.

Monsters and Men

2018
Realm of Satan
4.5

An experiential portrait depicting Satanists in both the everyday and in the extraordinary as they fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, and misanthropy.

Realm of Satan

2025
It Felt Like Love
5.5

14-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara’s boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely decides to pursue the older, thuggish Sammy, rumored to sleep with anyone.

It Felt Like Love

2013
Dakar: Race Against the Desert
6.2

Drivers prepare and compete to win the notoriously tough off-road Dakar endurance rally in this sporting documentary.

Dakar: Race Against the Desert

2025
Buffalo Juggalos
5.3

An experimental exploration and celebration of the Juggalo subculture in Buffalo, New York. Long and static takes of Juggalos engaged in their favorite activities, first and foremost of which - causing mayhem. Among these seemingly random acts of the everyday, preening, sexual gratification, backyard wrestling, explosions and destruction, a tentative narrative begins to emerge.

Buffalo Juggalos

2014
Forever's Gonna Start Tonight
5.4

Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Landlady threatens to kick them out, Sonya is forced to make an unimaginable decision to protect her aging father and herself.

Forever's Gonna Start Tonight

2011
CINEMA-19
N/A

A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.

CINEMA-19

2020
Adversary
N/A

Carl Paladino is a Trump-supporting real estate magnate with a history of making racist remarks. In 2016, he faced opposition for re-election to the Buffalo School Board in the form of 18-year-old Austin Harig.

Adversary

2018
Marin Blue
6.0

Marin and Jim are two outsiders, drawn together by a shared history unknown even to them.

Marin Blue

2008
Second Cousins Once Removed
6.0

On a road trip, distant cousins Naomi and Jo-Jo are left alone in a motel room. Without permission, the girls venture out into the night in search of soda, playing cards, and mischief.

Second Cousins Once Removed

2010
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10.0

An alluring woman living at a roadside motel carries out an earthly routine, but over the course of a night her true nature is revealed.

Long Days

2012
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N/A

An interview with Godfrey Reggio about his greatest influences and teachers.

Inspirations and Ideas