Date Updated
12-31-2024
Department
Film, Theatre and Dance: Radio-TV-Film Program
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2024
Facebook or Website URL
IMDb profile: Scott Sublett https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204349/
NPX: The New Play Exchange: Scott Sublett https://newplayexchange.org/users/41385/scott-sublett
Educational Background
University of California,Berkeley, School of Theater, Film, and Television, Screenwriting, 1993, MFA
Northwestern University,Department of Radio/Television/Film, Radio, 1977 BS
Teaching Experience
PROFESSOR, San Jose State University, Professor, Fall 2014 -2024 Taught screenwriting, film studies, and film production.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, San Jose State University, Fall 2007 to summer 2014. Taught screenwriting, playwriting, film studies, and film production.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, San Jose State University, Fall 2002 to Summer 2007. Taught screenwriting, playwriting, film studies and composition.
LECTURER, San Jose State University, Fall 1996 to spring 2002. Taught screenwriting, playwriting, film studies and composition.
Administrative and Professional Experience
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Course Coordinator for Alternative Cinema (RTVF 188), an Area V Upper Division General Education Course, fall 2001-summer 2006.
Department of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre Head of Writing, fall 2004-present.
EDITING
Performances: The Monthly Online Newsletter of the Dept. of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre (September 2003 - present)
Service
Service
- 2005- Present, Member, Campus Reading Committee, San Jose State University
- 2005 - 2006, Member, TRFT Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee
- 2002 - 2006, Member, M.F.A. Creative Writing Committee, San Jose State University
- 2001 - 2006,Member, RTVF Curriculum Committee
- 2001 - 2006,Member, TRFT Production Committee, San Jose State University
- 2004 - 2005, Members, College of Humanities and the Arts Research Committee, San Jose State University
Workshops
Education Equity Workshop, San Jose State University, Oct. 2003. Playwriting Workshop, CETA Conference, Oct. 14, 20
Honors and Awards
- Quarterfinalist in Page International Screenwriting Awards for Play Dead
- Quarterfinalist in 12th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition for Play Dead
- All About Dad - Named among the "Top 10 narrative features by Asian America directors" by Asia Pacific Arts
- Bye-Bye bin Laden! - Named one of the top five Bay Area theatrical premieres of 2004 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Selected Publications
Book
Sublett, S. W. (2014). Screenwriting for neurotics : a beginner’s guide to writing a feature-length screenplay from start to finish (1st ed.). University Of Iowa Press. Published in Chinese translation, 2018. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_books/111/
Playwriting
1920, a play about the sexually complicated marriage of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, was selected for the 2024 Theatre Resources Unlimited TRU Reading Series.
The Mama Dragon Monologues: Mormon Mothers of LGBTQ Kids Speak Out, written Sue Bergin and Scott Winfield Sublett, 2019. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_books/246/
Stealing Freedom, a stage musical featuring the story of Civil War hero Robert Smalls, was presented by the Manhattan's Amas Musical Theatre in 2017 and 2018
Charleston Harbor, a musical about the greatest black hero of the Civil War, was given a staged reading at the A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theatre by the Amas Theatre Company in December of 2017.
The Repeating Arms of Sarah Winchester was presented in a staged reading at San Jose’s Hammer Theatre, also in December of 2017.
The Good Coach, a screenplay, won a first prize in the 17th Annual Fade in Awards (2013) and was optioned by Disney.
Bye-Bye Bin Laden! A feature length animated musical satire; the first feature-length animated film to be produced at a university. Screenplay and lyrics by Scott Sublett based on his play. Released on DVD by Cinequest Distribution September 2009. Also credited as producer. Winner, Best Feature, South Beach International Animation Festival, 2009. Official Selection, Beloit Film Festival 2010. The stage version, produced by Custom-Made Theatre in San Francisco, was named one of the top five premiers of 2004 by the Bay Guardian, and subsequently made into an animated feature.
Generic Thriller, a feature-length post-modern farce, starring Oscar-winner Shirley Jones, screenplay by Scott Sublett based on his play, principal photography completed July 2006 (Hiro Narita, ASC, cinematographer (edited by Oscar-winner Jay Boekelheide). Released on DVD by Cinequest Distribution, September 2009. Official Selection, Cinequest Film Festival, 2009.
Imperialism: The Musical. Book and lyrics by Scott Sublett, music by Wayne Wallace. Workshop production, City Lights Theatre, San Jose, CA, April 2007.
Die, Die, Diana: A Musical. Book and lyrics by Scott Sublett, music by Jef Labes. Mounted at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts under the auspices of the New York International Fringe Festival. Hope Theatre Company producing. August 2004; production noted in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and New York Magazine.
Pizza Wars: The Movie, an independent feature, co-authored by Scott Sublett, was screened at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2002 and received national DVD distribution.
See CV for additional accomplishments in:
Playwriting, Production, Feature Film, Producing, Screenwriting, Screenwriting Competitions, Theatre Producing, Playwriting: Staged Readings of Plays, Professional Dramaturg; Journalism and Criticism; and Other Accomplishments
Files
Download Curriculum Vitae (173 KB)
Personal Commentary
Prof. Sublett’s journalism has been published by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Blade, and United Press International. He also has numerous independent film producing credits, including the feature “All About Dad,” named by Asia Pacific Arts (a publication of The USC US-China Institute) as one of 2009’s “ten best narrative features made by Asian American directors,” and the indie feature “Glory Boy Days,” which premiered at Slamdance in 2008. he is currently working on a book about the application of comedic principles in dramatic writing, and writing “Gay as Christmas,” a stage farce in which Santa comes out of the closet.