R. Scott Leisk is an award winning American film director and screenwriter. Scott was born in Florida but grew up in Houston, Texas. He has always had an affinity towards movies and played around with his parents' Super 8 camera as a child making home movies. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Radio, TV, Film (RTF). While attending college he was fascinated and inspired to become a filmmaker after studying the films of the great French and Italian filmmakers of the 1960s. It was then that he saw the potential of film beyond just entertainment but as an art form. He wrote and directed the dramatic short film entitled 'Last Night I Fell Again'. The film garnered enthusiastic reviews for its interesting take on a relationship and praise for its visual style. He has written multiple screenplays that are in various stages of development and investment. His latest movie, 'Mahogany Sunrise' is a stylistic lovers on the run tale with themes greed, chance encounters and doing what you are meant to in life. Mahogany Sunrise won a Platinum REMI award in the Action/Adventure category at the 47th annual WorldFest Houston International Film Festival. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Attended Robert E. Lee High School in Houston, Texas.
After being sent to a border town for work, Jackson a disheartened IT guy who longs to be a musician stumbles upon a stash of loot. Thinking he's hit the jackpot he takes it but soon learns that his new found fortune comes with a price when he finds himself on the run from two ruthless hitmen. He later meets and falls for a charismatic burlesque dancer named Mercedes. Things take a turn for the worse when he gets entangled with her ex Chato and his gang after they get wind of the money. What follows is a high stakes cat and mouse game with everyone vying for the bag of money. Jackson and Mercedes are two star-crossed strangers that happen to meet, inspire each other and fall in love. In the end their love must survive greed and the relentless pursuit of those that want to kill them.