Scott McCullough
Scott McCullough is best known as a director/dp for commercials and music videos, McCullough’s most notable for working with Prince[1], Paul Newman, NASCAR, Ford, GM, Budweiser, Pepsi, Kubota, Target and many more Fortune 500 clients with top ad agencies such as Leo Burnett, Doner, DDB, Team Detroit, Martin Williams, Deutsch, J. Walter Thompson and more.[2]
McCullough has several feature films in pre-production and has been developing several features since 2005. Other projects including co-writing the Sublime biopic “What I got”, the Vietnam PTSD war feature film “Captain For Dark Mornings” starring Martin Sheen. Concurrently, the veteran-based dramatic series “Spent Rounds” is in development along with other films including “1983”, “26 Floors”, “Holiday Motel”, “The Flame” and more.
Creator, writer and director for R.J.Reynolds Thunder Theater 70mm NASCAR experience film “100%” and “No Bull” - known as the world’s largest mobile theater was a NASCAR touring theater from 1999-2003. He also had directed and shot over 36 projects for Prince, including the gold RIAA rated (over 1MM in sales) projects “Gett Off” home video, “Diamonds and Pearls” home video, “Sexy M.F” and over a dozen live concerts and other films for the music icon.
SELECTED AWARDS (selected list and known awards) include: 2020 American Advertising Federation Awards; Music Video & Promotion - 2020 Winter Festival: Official Selection - CANNES Film Festival: Finalist (commercial ‘95) - 2020 Berlin Lift-Off Festival: Official Selection - 2020 Global Shorts: Finalist - 2020 Dumbo Film Festival: Semi Finalist - 2018 The One Show: Bronze - 2018 Film Shortage: Featured Trailer - 2017 Poland International Film Festival: Official Selection - 2018 Amsterdam Film Festival - 2017 International Independent Film Festival: Diamond Award - 2017 Dances With Films: Official Selection - 2017 ADDY: Silver - 2017 TELLY: Silver - 2017 International Independent Film Festival: Diamond Award – 2015 TAPAS (India): Official Selection - 2016 First Glance Philadelphia Film Festival: Best Trailer Winner - 2016 Best Shorts Festival: Official Selection - 2016 Accolade International Film Festival: Winner - OTHER FESTIVALS AND AWARDS: Short Stop International Film Festival - London Short Stop Film Festival - Hollywood Real Independent Film Festival - Hollywood Film Festival - Access Code Film Festival - EuroFest - Fade In - Awards - 6 ADDY’s Awards - Healthcare Awards of America Best of Show & Gold - 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 - Vision Award - Sonoma Valley Film Festival finalist- Method Fest Film Festival Finalist - Orinda Film Festival - Indie Producer Film Festival Finalist -International Cinema and Technology World Tour - Festival International De Biarritz 2003 Jury Award - LaRéalisation Integral Best Director - Circede Ciurto (Italy) Best Short - 3-time AURORA winner - The New York Festivals Platinum & Bestof Show & 2 time Silver Medals & 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 - 2-TIME ADWEEK Top Spot Honors - AXIEM: Best of Show - ITVA 3-time winner - 16-time Minnesota Music Video Awards - 3-time Director of the Year - and more.
McCullough currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
References
- A-Side, The Double (2019-07-25). "Scott McCullough: Prince's Visionary Director". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- Bloom, David; Bloom, David (2015-04-20). "Top VFX Specialist Richard Kidd Joins Artemple-Hollywood Along With Scott McCullough". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
Interview and sources: https://shootonline.com/node/69256