---
name: "David Scinto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-scinto"
fi1m_id: "david-scinto"
imdb_id: "nm0778476"
tmdb_id: 57318
wikidata_id: "Q101242248"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:42:33.541983+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Scinto

## Identity

David Scinto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-scinto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-scinto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0778476
- **TMDB ID:** 57318
- **Wikidata ID:** Q101242248
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101242248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57318

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101242248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57318

## Biography

David Scinto is a British screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his collaborations with Louis Mellis on the screenplays for the films *Gangster No. 1* (2000), *Sexy Beast* (2000) and *44 Inch Chest* (2009).

Scinto and Mellis first worked together as actors before writing the stage play *Gangster No. 1*, which was produced at the Almeida Theatre. The pair adapted their work for the screen and later developed further projects together, including material that became *Sexy Beast*.

Scinto received a British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay for *Sexy Beast* in 2001. He has also served as executive producer on film and television adaptations of the material, including the 2024 television series *Sexy Beast*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, industrialscripts.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sexy Beast* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
- *44 Inch Chest* (2009), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Gangster No. 1* (2000), Original Story

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-scinto