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'''Kiff Scholl''' (born Christopher Scholl) is an award-winning American character actor and director for TV & film. |
'''Kiff Scholl''' (born Christopher Scholl) is an award-winning American character actor and director for TV & film. |
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His acting credits include [[Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss]] , Falling, [[Reno 911!]], [[Untold Stories of the ER]] and numerous commercials. Scholl has received praise for his acting "the wry and subtle Kiff Scholl" <ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/marriage-of-inconvenience/7422/ LA Weekly, August 27, 1998]</ref>, as well as his direction, which includes ''The Poseidon Adventure, the Musical!'' [[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)]] and ''A Mulholland Christmas Carol'' both by Bill Robens. "Director Kiff Scholl’s production is both playful and intelligent" <ref>http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/tte-offensive/13862/</ref> "Kiff Scholl’s direction is effective both in small comedic moments and in full-cast musical numbers, and his set design is both compact and efficient." <ref>LA Weekly 12/11/2003</ref> and called one of LA's "accomplished stage directors" <ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/edging-your-bets/2298/ LA Weekly - Stage - Edging Your Bets - Steven Leigh Morris - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> by the LA Weekly. Scholl has won the [[LA Weekly Theater Award]] for acting, the [[Back Stage]] Garland Award for directing and acting and was nominated for a 2007 [[GLAAD]] Award. |
His acting credits include [[Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss]] , Falling, [[Reno 911!]], [[Untold Stories of the ER]] and numerous commercials. Scholl has received praise for his acting "the wry and subtle Kiff Scholl" <ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/marriage-of-inconvenience/7422/ LA Weekly, August 27, 1998]</ref>, as well as his direction, which includes ''The Poseidon Adventure, the Musical!'' [[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)]] and ''A Mulholland Christmas Carol'' both by Bill Robens. "Director Kiff Scholl’s production is both playful and intelligent" <ref>http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/tte-offensive/13862/</ref> "Kiff Scholl’s direction is effective both in small comedic moments and in full-cast musical numbers, and his set design is both compact and efficient." <ref>LA Weekly 12/11/2003</ref> and called one of LA's "accomplished stage directors" <ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/edging-your-bets/2298/ LA Weekly - Stage - Edging Your Bets - Steven Leigh Morris - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> by the LA Weekly. Scholl has won the [[LA Weekly Theater Award]] for acting, the [[Back Stage]] Garland Award for directing and acting and was nominated for a 2007 [[GLAAD]] Award. |
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In 2009, Kiff directed his first feature film, Scream of the Bikini <ref>[http://www.screamofthebikini.com]</ref>, co-written with Bill Robens, for which he won the 2009 Maverick Movie Award for Best Director <ref>[http://www.maverickmovieawards.com/2009features.htm]</ref> and Best Comedy at the Thrillspy Film Festival. <ref>[http://thrillspy.org/schedule.html]</ref> |
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The son of a [[World War II]] veteran and a political activist mother, his great grandfather was Zone ReflexoCurist William Hope FitzGerald, MD, considered the Founding Father of Zone Therapy in the USA.<ref>[http://www.reflexologyinstitute.com/reflex_fitzgerald.php reflexologyinstitute.com]</ref> |
The son of a [[World War II]] veteran and a political activist mother, his great grandfather was Zone ReflexoCurist William Hope FitzGerald, MD, considered the Founding Father of Zone Therapy in the USA.<ref>[http://www.reflexologyinstitute.com/reflex_fitzgerald.php reflexologyinstitute.com]</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:16, 28 January 2010
Kiff Scholl (born Christopher Scholl) is an award-winning American character actor and director for TV & film.
His acting credits include Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss , Falling, Reno 911!, Untold Stories of the ER and numerous commercials. Scholl has received praise for his acting "the wry and subtle Kiff Scholl" [1], as well as his direction, which includes The Poseidon Adventure, the Musical! The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film) and A Mulholland Christmas Carol both by Bill Robens. "Director Kiff Scholl’s production is both playful and intelligent" [2] "Kiff Scholl’s direction is effective both in small comedic moments and in full-cast musical numbers, and his set design is both compact and efficient." [3] and called one of LA's "accomplished stage directors" [4] by the LA Weekly. Scholl has won the LA Weekly Theater Award for acting, the Back Stage Garland Award for directing and acting and was nominated for a 2007 GLAAD Award. In 2009, Kiff directed his first feature film, Scream of the Bikini [5], co-written with Bill Robens, for which he won the 2009 Maverick Movie Award for Best Director [6] and Best Comedy at the Thrillspy Film Festival. [7]
The son of a World War II veteran and a political activist mother, his great grandfather was Zone ReflexoCurist William Hope FitzGerald, MD, considered the Founding Father of Zone Therapy in the USA.[8]
Scholl speaks fluent Danish after he studied in Denmark as a high school exchange student with Youth For Understanding, and currently lives in Los Angeles.