Scott Foundas

In 1994, at age 15, while still a student at Henry B. Plant High School, the St. Petersburg Times hired Foundas as their film critic.^[4]

Foundas became a film critic for Variety after writing a letter to the editor that Variety printed and editor Todd McCarthy called Foundas and offered to let him write a few film reviews on speculation. Foundas went on to work as a freelance writer for Variety for close to a decade.^[4]

Foundas also studied film production at the University of Southern California.^[5]

In addition to film criticism, Foundas has been a recurrent juror, reporter, moderator and film programmer at film festivals such as the Florida Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

Foundas has also worked with Santa Monica radio station KCRW in covering the film industry.^[6]

In 2015, Foundas quit his position as chief critic at Variety and moved from New York to Los Angeles after being hired as an acquisition executive for Amazon Studios.^[5][7]

• Scott Foundas at IMDb