BIOGRAPHY
A national/international award winning director, cinematographer, and editor, Scott McCullough has filmed well over two hundred commercial projects and continues to stay busy shooting commercials for many fortune 500 companies. Serving as his own director of photography, his technical background also brought him many awards in cinematography as well as directing.
Discovered by musician and legend Prince, together he and McCullough also collaborated on 24 projects including the RIAA Gold home videos "Gett Off", "Diamonds and Pearls", "Sexy M.F." and with artists such as Carmen Electra, The Time, Mavis Staples and Tevin Campbell. His last music video for MizzNina with Colby O'Donis (on Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and 2009's "What You Got" feat. Akon) "What You Waiting For" chart topper in Malaysia/MTVAsia smash reaching 1,250,000 downloads in three weeks on YouTube.
Some of his commercial clients include work with screen legend Paul Newman for PacifiCare, General Motors, Buick, Pontiac, Ford, GMC, Jeep, KIA, Ford, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Sprint, Direct TV, EA Sports, NASCAR, Coors Light, Budweiser, AMTRAK, Sony PlayStation, Target, Best Buy, and many other national/international brands.
In addition to commercials, McCullough has branched out into longer form projects. NASCAR/Winston Cup and R.J. Reynolds relied on McCullough as director/director of photography/art director/writer/editor of the 11-minute, $4.5 million, 70 mm widescreen production titled, "Thunder Dome—100%." Which screened in what has been dubbed the "worlds largest mobile theater".
Slated to start 2011 McCullough will be directing and producing the feature film "Excorcism Diaries" with John Rhys-Davies (Lord of The Rings, Raiders Of The Lost Ark) and Micah Sloat (Paranormal Activity). "Broken" is a movie also on tap produced by Scott Fischer (Bank Job) Ralph Winter (X-Men). His 2009 DVD thriller/drama "3 Days Gone." Starring Chris Backus, Patrick J. Adams, three-time EMMY winner Michelle Stafford (Young and the Restless), and Richard Tyson (Kindergarden Cop) averages a rating of 8.4 and Median of 9 on IMDB.McCullough is also attached to direct the biopic "Bradley" (the true story about the long beach's famed band Sublime) in 2012, developing "Born By The River-The Story of Sam Cooke" and sever other projects.
AWARDS
CANNES Film Festival Finalist Commercial, The New York Festivals Gold World Medal, Bronze World Medal, 18 TELLY Advertising Awards, 12 RIAA Gold music videos, Sonoma Valley Film Festival, Method Fest Film Festival, Orinda Film Festival, Indie Producer Film Festival, 2004 International Cinema and Technology Tour finalist, Festival International De Biarrates 2003 Jury Award "GODS HELPER"La Réalisation Intégrale Best Director "INNOCENT" and Best Actress in "GODS 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, 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, 3 ADDY awards, AXIEM top award, Best of Show, 3 ITVA awards, 16 Minnesota Music Video Awards "Director of the year" 3 years, Orton Dylexia Society Sercice Merit, Cystic Fibrosis Merit Award and more.
