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Scope Colen is a writer and film maker who is believed to be Swedish but whose nationality remains something of a mystery, as Colen has declined to confirm his nationality publicly. He is one of the two Colen Brothers (Rip Colen being the second brother) who together have written and directed films including Power Smile On Me, and the award-winning Bling My Mint, Daddy. Bling My Mint, Daddy won the Bhutto Plagger award for best film, and Colen with his brother, Rip also won a best newcomer award at the Hight Film Festival for their direction of Power Smile on Me.

The Colen Brothers self-financed the two films with inherited money. The brothers, however, have always refused to confirm how this money was sourced and have not publicly confirmed their family history. In public engagements the two brothers have always worn masks and there has been speculation that both have facial scarring from an accident in their childhood.

The Colen brother's work is often controversial and indeed Scope Colen has been convicted in his absence for an offence in respect of his work. His conviction in Kazahkstan related to the portrayal of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazahkstan in Power Smile On Me. Colen issued a public apology to Nazarbayev and paid a significant fine in lieu of a short prison sentence. Colen has denied that the film was intended to be offensive and indeed the offence taken by Nazarbayev was cited together with Rip Colen's disgust at the manner in which the films were being exploited as the reason that the brothers destroyed all original copies of their films in 2008. Characteristically, the brothers filmed the destruction of the negative ostensibly as part of a documentary. There were accusations made at the time that the brothers were self-serving publicists.

Colen stated in 2008 that he would no longer be writing or directing films, and that he would be concentrating with his brother on internet-based projects. The Painful Cure, a showcase for new writers, is one of a number of projects that the brothers have cited. The brothers, however, announced in early 2009 that they had been writing a new script and claimed to have engaged a well-known producer team to oversee the production, although no details have been made publicly available.