Scott McCullough has over 15 years of experience as a national award winning film director, cinematographer, and editor. Scott worked on over two hundred filmed commercial projects (35mm/16mm/70mm). Serving as his own director of photography, his technical background has received numerous awards in cinematography. Scott was discovered by musician/singer Prince. After collaborating on 24 projects ...
show all Scott McCullough has over 15 years of experience as a national award winning film director, cinematographer, and editor. Scott worked on over two hundred filmed commercial projects (35mm/16mm/70mm). Serving as his own director of photography, his technical background has received numerous awards in cinematography. Scott was discovered by musician/singer Prince. After collaborating on 24 projects with Prince, Carmen Electra and other artists, (6 of them garnering a RIAA rating of Gold for over $1 Million sold), he signed with top Minneapolis commercial production house James Productions. Early national commercial clients include Target, Compaq, Ameritech, Marshall Fields, Best Buy and many others. Scott's breakout performance came in 1999 as NASCAR/Winston Cup and R.J. Reynolds relied on him to direct/DP/edit an 11 minute, $4.5 million 70mm wide screen production titled "Thunder Dome-100%" - the worlds largest mobile theater. Commercial clients include work with screen legend Paul Newman for Secure Horizons, Ford F-150, EA Sports, Ford NASCAR, Coors Light, Budwieser, Kumho Tires, Amtrak, Sony Play Station and others. Advertising awards include ADWeek top spots for 1998 and 1994, US Film Festival and Cannes Commercial Finalist. Other awards include: The New York Festivals, Gold World Medal, Bronze World Medal/Sonoma Valley Film Festival, Method Fest Film Festival, Orinda Film Festival, Indie producer Film Festival, finalist for "Audition"/2004 International Cinema and Technology Tour "God's Helper"/ Festival Internacional De Biarritz 2003 Jury Award "God's Helper"/ La Réalisation Intégrale Best Director "Innocent" and Best Actress in "God's Helper"/Circo De Ciurto (Italy) Best Short/IFilm.com Drama Pick/ 3 AURORA-Platinum & Best of Show 1999/The New York Festivals: 2 Silver Medals, Bronze Medal, Cannes Film Festival Finalist commercial/3 Cindi gold awards/Intercom Awards-Silver Plaque, National ITVA: Bronze,/Gold/Silver/US International Film Festival: 2 Certificates of Creative Excellence/Adweek Top Spots 1998 and 1994/18 Telly Advertising Awards/3 ADDY awards/Axiem top award, Best of Show, 3 ITVA awards/16 Minnesota Music Video Awards, inc: "Director of the year" 3 years in a row-and others, CMT #1 Music Video 5 weeks, and others. Two short films he directed; "Innocent", written by Academy Award Winner Gareth Wardell, and "God's Helper", still playing the festival circuit winning "Best Director", "Best Actress", and several other festival awards (International and US). A third short film directed by McCullough "Audition" has won critical acclaim and festival selections around the country in 2004. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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