Vincent Scuro


Vincent Scuro is an American writer and filmmaker whose career has spanned six decades.
Scuro's first book, Presenting the Marching Band, was published by in 1974. He then wrote three science and nature books in the Dodd, Mead and Company Wonders series. He also co-authored eight books in the same series with Sigmund A. Lavine. These eleven books have been used as scientific references in school and university libraries in English-speaking countries since 1975. In 2002, one of his photographs from Wonders of Cattle was part of the Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 20th Century America exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
His first of five novels was published in 2001. Scuro also was a sportswriter for the Saint Peter's College newspaper from 1971-1973, a staff correspondent for the Twin-Boro News from 1974-1975, a columnist for the Southwest Orlando Bulletin from 1992-2010, and a contributing writer for Satellite Orbit magazine and the Los Angeles Times from 1989-1992.
More recently, he has been involved in feature film production. He was Executive Producer for Woman in Motion, a documentary film that chronicles the efforts of Nichelle Nichols to recruit minorities and women for the US Space Shuttle program in 1977. He also is credited as Project Archivist/Asset Manager and Property Master.

Early life

Scuro was born to an Italian-American family in Jersey City, New Jersey. He grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey, graduated from Bergenfield High School and later lived in Hillsdale, New Jersey and Orlando, Florida.
His post-high school academic work included degrees from Saint Peter's College, where he also played varsity baseball and performed with the concert band, and Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he received a master's degree.

Books

- Presenting the Marching Band

- Wonders of the Bison World, with Lavine

- Wonders of Donkeys, with Lavine

- Wonders of Elephants, with Lavine

- Wonders of Goats, with Lavine

- Wonders of Cattle

- Wonders of Pigs, with Lavine

- Wonders of Mules, with Lavine

- Wonders of Sheep, with Lavine

- Wonders of Zebras

- Wonders of Turkeys, with Lavine

- Wonders of Dairy Cattle

- The Logan Factor

- Blue Diamonds

- White Gold

- Red Emeralds

- Rhinestoneland

- Dreaming of a Light Christmas

- When I Said Plastic, I Really Meant Paper

- Potholes on the Information Superhighway

Films

- Woman In Motion, executive producer, project archivist/asset manager, property master

- GoFish, main title and end credits design

- The Reckoning, composer, story

- A Conversation with Mr. D, composer,

- Divine Souls, sound effects

- Entering Wendy, sound effects

- Inside-Out, sound effects

Awards, Citations, & Selections

2020 American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Official Selection, WOMAN IN MOTION

2020 Athena Film Festival, Alfred P. Sloan STEM Showcase, WOMAN IN MOTION

2020 San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Opening Night Film, WOMAN IN MOTION

2019 Orlando Film Festival, Official Selection, WOMAN IN MOTION

2019 Chagrin Documentary Film Fest, Encore Series - Best of the Fest, WOMAN IN MOTION

2019 Heartland International Film Festival, Official Selection, WOMAN IN MOTION

2019 Chagrin Documentary Film Fest, Best Human Spirit Documentary, WOMAN IN MOTION

2019 Florida Film Festival, Opening Night Film, WOMAN IN MOTION

2010 Florida Writers Association, Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist Thriller, RED EMERALDS

2008 Florida Writers Association, Royal Palm Literary Award, First Place Thriller, BLUE DIAMONDS

2008 EPIC Dick A. Wolfe Honorable Mention Award in Book Cover Design, BLUE DIAMONDS

1991 Children's Catalog Books for Children 16th Ed. WONDERS OF TURKEYS

1991 Best Books for Junior High Readers 1st. Ed. WONDERS OF TURKEYS

1990 Best Books for Children 4th Ed. WONDERS OF DONKEYS

1990 Best Books for Children 4th Ed. WONDERS OF ELEPHANTS

1990 Best Books for Children 4th Ed. WONDERS OF MULES

1985 Kansas State Reading Circle Quality List WONDERS OF TURKEYS

1985 Kansas State Reading Circle Quality List WONDERS OF ZEBRAS

1984 New Jersey Institute of Technology Authors Citation WONDERS OF SHEEP

1984 Illinois Reading Service Library Book Selection WONDERS OF MULES

1983 Child Study Association Book Committee Books of the Year WONDERS OF MULES

1983 New Jersey Institute of Technology Authors Citation WONDERS OF MULES

1982 National Science Teachers Association Recommended Children's Book WONDERS OF PIGS

1982 Child Study Association Book Committee Books of the Year WONDERS OF PIGS

1982 American Association for the Advancement of Science Recommended Children’s Book WONDERS OF PIGS

1981 National Council of Teachers of English Selected Children's Books WONDERS OF CATTLE

1981 American Association for the Advancement of Science Recommended Children's Book WONDERS OF CATTLE

1981 American Association for the Advancement of Science Recommended Children's Book WONDERS OF GOATS

1981 National Council of Teachers of English Selected Children's Books WONDERS OF GOATS

1981 National Science Teachers Association Recommended Children's Books WONDERS OF ELEPHANTS

1981 Child Study Association Book Committee Books of the Year WONDERS OF ELEPHANTS

1980 American Association for the Advancement of Science Recommendation Children's Books WONDERS OF DONKEYS

1980 National Science Teachers Association Recommended Children's Book WONDERS OF DONKEYS

1978 National Council of Teachers of English Selected Children's Books WONDERS OF DONKEYS

1976 American Association for the Advancement of Science Recommended Children's Book WONDERS OF THE BISON WORLD

1976 N.Y. Public Library Suggested Children's Books WONDERS OF THE BISON WORLD