Scott McCullough

Scott McCullough is an award-winning director/DP/editor with powerful, inspired and kinetic intuition and has garnered many prestigious national and international awards during his career with Fortune 500 clientele on hundreds of commercial spots and branded content pieces. Usually serving as his own DP, McCullough brings a style and nuance crucial to cinematic storytelling in stylistic storytelling.

Hundreds of high-end Fortune 500 productions are attributed to McCullough's directing credits like Target, Kubota, Pepsi, Ford, NASCAR, GM, Polaris, Jeep, Kumho Tires, Coors and Budweiser to name only a few.

McCullough was first discovered by rock icon Prince, who valued the precise shooting style founded on music and continued for three years on projects like Sexy MF, Get Off, and Diamonds and Pearls home music videos. Honored with 8 RIAA Gold music video certifications, McCullough also was honored to work with the legendary George Clinton, Carmen Electra, Colby O'Donnis, Mizz Nina among other notable artists.

According to McCullough, a director's diverse skill-set is composed of experience, creativity, instinct, on-set demeanor and vision. An experienced director understands the politics and nuances of a successful working relationship with a studio, cast, crew, and production departments - all essential to delivering a studio-caliber film. As a hands-on director with extensive cinematography and editorial experience, Scott McCullough’s technical background complements his creative vision.

There is an intuitive energy that comprises the fabric of the filmmaker's success in their persona and process. There must exist a deep pool of respect, integrity and creativity to amass all of the critical elements to make a great film. A director must innately know story, character and technique for all of the film’s components to properly coalesce.

2017 International Independent Film Festival Diamond Award - 2016 First Glance Film Festival (winner/best trailer), Philadelphia - 2016 Best Shorts Festival Official Selection - 2016 Accolade International Film Festival (winner) - 2016 Short Stop International Film Festival - 2016 London Short Stop Film Festival - 2016 HRIFF (best trailer) - 2016 Hollywood Film Festival (winner) - 2016 Access Code Film Festival - 2015 EuroFest Selection - 2015 Fade In - Awards (finalist) - 6 Addy’s Awards - HAA Best of Show - HAA Gold - CANNES Film Festival Finalist (commercials) - The New York Festivals: Gold World Medal - 8 RIAA Gold videos for Prince - Bronze World Medal - 22-time TELLY Advertising Awards - Golden Cine Award - EFFIE Award - 2-time Summit Gold Award - 2000 Vision Award - Sonoma Valley Film Festival - Method Fest Film Festival; Finalist - Orinda Film Festival Finalist - Indie Producer Film Festival finalist - International Cinema and Technology World Tour - Festival International De Biarritz 2003 Jury Award - La Réalisation Integral Best Director - Circe de Ciurto (Italy) Best Short - 3-time AURORA winner - Platinum/Best of Show - The New York Festivals - 2 time Silver Medals - The New York Festivals - Bronze Medal - 3-time CINDI gold awards - Intercom Awards: Silver Plaque - National ITVA: Bronze/Gold/Silver - US Int’l Film Festival: 2 Creative Excellence awards - ADWEEK Top Spots: 1998/1994 - AXIEM: Best of Show - ITVA 3-time winner - 16-time MN Video Awards - MN Video Awards 3-time Director of the Year - and more…

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