Steven J. Scott is a visual effects artist who worked as digital compositor on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In 2002, he worked as digital intermediate colorist for E-Film on Star Trek Nemesis.
In 2000 he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for his work on The X-Files episode "First Person Shooter", shared with Bill Millar, Deena Burkett, Jeff Zaman, and Don Greenberg. In 2011 he won a Visual Effects Society Award in the category Outstanding Real-Time Visual Effects in a Video Game for his work on Halo: Reach.
Scott's work as digital compositor includes MacGyver, The Simpsons, Roseanne, Sister Kate (starring Stephanie Beacham), Carol & Company (1990), Northern Exposure, Home Improvement, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (starring Teri Hatcher), seaQuest DSV (1993, with John F.K. Parenteau), That '70s Show (1998-1999), and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Hired by The Post Group, Digital Domain and E-Film, Scott worked on feature films such as Coneheads (1993), True Lies (1994), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Apollo 13 (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Independence Day (1996), Titanic (1997), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002), The Core (2003), The Rundown (2003, starring The Rock), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Van Helsing (2004), The Village (2004), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Monster-in-Law (2005), Jarhead (2005), Æon Flux (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Ghost Rider (2007), Jumper (2008), Iron Man (2008), Sex and the City (2008), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Iron Man 2 (2010), Sex and the City 2 (2010), and Gulliver's Travels (2010).
More recent credits as supervising digital colorist are Thin Ice (2011), The Rite (2011), Thor (2011, starring Chris Hemsworth and Idris Elba), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Cabin in the Woods (2011), The Avengers (2012), Men in Black 3 (2012), and A Belfast Story (2012, with Colm Meaney).