He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Michael Roesch.
A film fan since his early childhood, Scheerer started shooting short 8 mm movies while he was in high school.
Later he started together with his writing partner Michael Roesch a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities.
In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree.
In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, starring Rick Yune, Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo.