Scott Shaw

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Scott Shaw
Born (1958-09-23) September 23, 1958
Hollywood, California
Occupation Actor, film director, film producer, author, journalist, martial artist, musician, photographer, professor
Website www.scottshaw.com

Scott Shaw (born September 23, 1958)[1] is an American actor, author, film director, film producer, journalist, martial artist, musician, photographer, and professor.[2][3]

Early life

Shaw was born in Hollywood, California. He spent his early years in South Central Los Angeles and then returned to Hollywood for his adolescence.[4] He became involved with the martial arts and eastern mysticism at an early age.

Career

Shaw has had a career in both the arts and the sciences. He first became noticed as an author when his poetry and literary fiction began to be published in literary journals in the late 1970s.[2] Beginning in the mid-1980s Shaw's writings also began to be published on the subjects of anthropology and the social sciences. Though his writings have span many genres, Shaw is most well known as an author on the subject of the martial arts. This is due to the voluminous amount of written work he has composed on the subject. Over three hundred of his articles on the martial arts have been published and he is the author of several books on the subject.[5]

The foundation for Shaw's writings on the martial arts began when he was six years old. This is the point when he began his study of the Korean martial art of Hapkido.[6]

Shaw studied and taught Hapkido and Taekwondo until in 1987 he was the first American to be awarded the 7th Degree Black Belt in Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo. In 1988 he earned the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt in Kumdo.[6] In 1996 he was the first non-Korean to be promoted to the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt by The Korea Hapkido Federation.[7][8] Previous to this he had been certified a Hapkido 7th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido Moo Hak Kwan.[9][10] Since that time he has been promoted to 8th Degree Black Belt in both Hapkido and Taekwondo.[11][12]

Shaw has also written numerous articles and several books on Zen Buddhism, Yoga, Eastern Religion and Asian culture. His books have been translated into several languages. These writings are based in the fact that from his youth forward Shaw has been involved with eastern philosophy. He was a direct disciple of Swami Satchidananda.[13][14][15] In addition, he studied with such teachers as Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Thich Thien-An.

By the age of eighteen he was a certified instructor of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga.[11] At this point in his life he traveled to India where he was initiated into various Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi sects and became Sannyasa. Shaw is also a Frater Rosae Crucis of the Rosicrucian Order. He is known to frequently travel in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, documenting Asian culture in words and on film.[16]

Zen filmmaking

In association to his writings, Shaw is also an active actor and filmmaker.[17][18] In 1991 he developed a new style of filmmaking that he titled Zen Filmmaking.[19][20] This style of filmmaking is defined by the fact that no screenplay is used in the creation of a film. "In Zen filmmaking the spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process." [21] He extensively defined this style of filmmaking in his 2008 book Zen Filmmaking.

Works

Partial Bibliography

Partial Filmography

Partial Discography

References

  1. ↑ Scott Shaw Biography and Filmography at the British Film Institute
  2. 1 2 Scott Shaw Biography at PoetryHunter.com
  3. ↑ "Scott Shaw Biography". Scott Shaw Authors at Moosin. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hollywood High School Notable Graduates". Hollywood High School. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Scott Shaw Biography and Books-in-Print at Open Library.org
  6. 1 2 Scott Shaw Biography at Complete Martial Arts Hall of Fame
  7. ↑ "Scott Shaw Biography". Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Scott Shaw at Simon and Schuster". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Hapkido Family Tree". Sin MooHapkido. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Inside Kung Fu, October 1996
  11. 1 2 "Scott Shaw's Martial Arts Biography". MartialInfo.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  12. ↑ John Corcoran and Emil Farkas (2012). The Martial Arts Encyclopedia. ISBN 978-1-4783-5178-8.
  13. ↑ "Swami Satchidananda". Guru's Feet.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Swami Satchidananda". Write Spirit. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Scott Shaw with Swami Satchidananda at ScottShaw.com
  16. ↑ "Scott Shaw Biography". IT eBooks. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Scott Shaw at the Internet Movie Database
  18. ↑ "Scott Shaw Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Zen Filmmaking". Zen Filmmaking. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "Scott Shaw Trivia". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Scott Shaw". T.V.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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