Born in America and raised in Bahia Brazil award winning writer director RL Scott produced seven feature films and a large number of shorts Before the internet was invented he began his journey as a filmmaker at age 15 writing directing shooting and choreographing action scenes on Betamax with his friends His motivation for becoming a visual storyteller was to show the world the beauty intelligence strength and uniqueness of his culture RL worked with the likes of such talent as Bill Cobbs Costas Mandylor Harry Lennix Richard Gant Sean Riggs Victoria Rowell Darrin Dewitt Henson Karrueche Tran Amin Joseph Nicki Micheaux Robert Miano Adolfo ShabbaDoo Quinones Alimi Ballard RB Superstar Mya and many others His movies have been released theatrically in North America Korea and Africa as well as streaming on global platforms like Netflix Hulu iTunes TV One Playstation Xbox and Sky and even as far back as Blockbuster video Hollywood video Sam Goody Tower Records and more With his newest feature film Lazarus RL had begun his quest to create Wonder Studios a new superhero universe populated by vast and diverse heroes of every race and creed He died in 2022 at the age of 45