Charles Scott Bell
Scott Bell, smiling, in a black and white portrait

Filmmaker. Medicaid finance. Tallahassee, Florida.

Charles Scott Bell

Filmmaker in Tallahassee, Florida, and a supervisor in Florida Medicaid’s program finance bureau. Writer and director of Afterlife. Founder of Art Kid Media and Cat Family Records. Co-founder of The People’s Pancakes.


Films

A patient and a doctor across a desk during a consultation, a frame from Afterlife

Tyra Knight as April Neal and Jason Chimonides as Dr. Yu.

LATEST

A short film written and directed by Charles Scott Bell

Afterlife

A new outpatient procedure offers an end to April Neal's grief.

Haunted by grief in a near-future where sadness can be outsourced, April Neal considers a new outpatient procedure: an AI implant that can replicate her mind, replace it with a digital copy, and spare her loved ones the pain of loss. Set one product launch from today, Afterlife is an introspective sci-fi thriller about art, identity, and the slow erasure of the self in the age of artificial intelligence.

24 minutes. 2026. Now touring festivals.

The real horror isn't some rogue algorithm. It's how quickly we might choose numbness over experience.

From the director's statement
Film site → Read the screenplay → Request a screener →

Credits

Starring:
Tyra Knight
Mark Ashin
Jason Chimonides
Cinematography: Laela Kilbourn
Original score: Alexander Arntzen
Production: Art Kid Media

Festivals


A crowd at a 1976 Carter campaign event, archival footage from Carter Country

A feature documentary. Director of photography.

Carter Country

A feature documentary on Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign and his hometown, Plains, Georgia. Its hometown premiere was in Plains on October 1, 2026.

Director: Bobby Buccellato
Directors of photography:
Charles Scott Bell
Brian Jackson

Film site →

In development

Tallahassee

A feature film written by Charles Scott Bell. More soon.

Selected video work

More at Art Kid Media →

Writing


Press


  • July 2026 to present Senior Management Analyst Supervisor Budget and Fiscal Planning Unit, Bureau of Medicaid Program Finance, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Supervises the unit. Leads the agency's Medicaid caseload and expenditure forecasting for the Social Services Estimating Conference and Florida's implementation of the payment-rate transparency requirements of the federal Ensuring Access Rule, and oversees Medicaid fee setting.
  • May 2025 to July 2026 Senior Management Analyst II Bureau of Medicaid Program Finance, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid forecasting, rates and fee schedules, bill and fiscal impact analysis. Co-authored Florida's School-Based Services State Plan Amendment. Built the program budget for Florida's Rural Health Transformation Program.
  • Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 Creative Director Twin Oaks Juvenile Development
  • Oct 2021 to Nov 2024 Director of Impact Boys & Girls Club of Tabula Rasa
  • Feb 2021 to present Founder and Creative Director Art Kid Media An independent film company in Tallahassee: features, shorts, documentaries and the occasional music video.
  • Jan 2017 to Dec 2020 Co-Founder and Co-Director Master Analytics Evaluation, forecasting and data visualization for education-focused nonprofits.
  • Oct 2015 to present Founder and President Cat Family Records A Tallahassee 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit: more than 200 community events, more than 30 albums and six music festivals.

Education

  • Florida State University sealM.S., Political ScienceFlorida State University, 2015
  • Appalachian State University sealM.A., Political ScienceAppalachian State University, 2012
  • Syracuse University sealB.A., Political ScienceSyracuse University, 2007

Community

  • Co-founderThe People's PancakesFree community breakfasts in Tallahassee
  • Former memberCity of Tallahassee Special Events Advisory Committee
  • 1997Eagle ScoutBoy Scouts of America

Contact

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