SCOTT M. RIESETT
BIO
Scott M. Riesett is a Grammy Award-winning Music Producer and Executive Music Producer for television, film and Broadway. He has spent almost three decades in the industry collaborating with songwriters, composers, directors, showrunners and producers on projects including AppleTV's Schmigadoon! (Emmy-winner for the song "Corn Puddin'" and Grammy-nominated), NBC's Smash (Grammy-nominated for the song "Let Me Be Your Star" and Emmy-nominated for "Hang the Moon"), Marvel's Agatha All Along and Hawkeye, Hulu's Up Here, HBO's Gossip Girl and The Prince, Disney's Hocus Pocus 2, NBC's Rise and Hairspray Live! and Fox's Grease Live! From development to the recording studio to set to the dub stage, he never sacrifices the creative process or the end product but keeps projects on time and on budget. Scott's produced well over a dozen cast recordings for Broadway and West End productions including Death Becomes Her and the upcoming Smash, the recent Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-winning Some Like It Hot, the Tony-nominated Almost Famous, the Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Flying Over Sunset, The Prom and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the studio, Scott has coaxed and shaped performances with a diverse pool of talent, from veteran recording artists to actors stepping in front of the mic for the very first time. Over the years, he's had the pleasure of working with artists such as Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Harry Connick, Jr., Keegan-Micheal Key, Bette Midler, Boyz II Men, Joe and Nick Jonas, Dove Cameron, Henry Winkler, Anjelica Huston, Jessie J, Jane Krakowski, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tituss Burgess, Uma Thurman, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli and more. When not in the studio or on set, Scott spends his time with his family just outside New York City.