Scott McCullough

S.C. McCullough is an award-winning director/DP/editor with powerful, inspired and kinetic intuition.

McCullough 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 productions to his directing credit, McCullough’s experience thrives. Target contracted McCullough launching his commercial career and he continues to work with Fortune 500 clients; Kubota, Pepsi, Ford, NASCAR, GM, Polaris, Jeep, Kumho Tires, Coors and Budweiser to name only a few. Other work the first-ever 70 mm NASCAR’s Thunder Dome 100% for RJ Reynolds, which was considered the world’s largest mobile theater. He has worked with most of the world’s top NASCAR drivers, including the legendary Paul Newman, Danica Patrick, Richard Petty, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon among others.

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.

Recent narrative work includes "The Exorcism Diaries" which has been showered with a variety of festival awards including; Awards of Excellence, Best Trailer and First Place nods. McCullough’s feature film war biopic, “Captain For Dark Mornings,” has Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The Departed) and Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) attached. Several other high-profile feature films and television series projects are in active development with high-profile entities.

Awards include

US Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival finalist/commercials, The New York Festivals, Gold World Medal, Bronze World Medal/2007 REMI Award for Houston International Film Festival/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 “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, 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, and No Bull"Best of Show, 3 ITVA awards/16 Minnesota Music Video Awards, inc: “Director of the year”, 2 ADWEEK top spots and more.

References

www.scottmccullough.com