Scott McCullough

Scott McCullough is an award-winning DGA director. 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’s feature film “Séance” is in pre-production and set for distribution for fall of 2018. He has been developing several other features and television 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.

McCullough was the 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. He also had directed and shot over 26 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.

McCullough currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Awards include
  • CANNES Film Festival Finalist (commercials)
  • The New York Festivals: 2 time Silver Medals & Bronze Medal
  • 24-time TELLY Advertising Awards
  • Golden Cine Award
  • EFFIE Award
  • 2-time Summit GoldAward
  • 2000 Vision Award
  • 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
  • 2017 Poland International Film Festival Official Selection
  • 2018 Amsterdam Film Festival
  • 2017 ADDY
  • 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 Int'l Film Festival
  • 2016 LondonShort Stop Film Festival
  • 2016 HRIFF (best trailer)
  • 2016 Hollywood Film Festival (winner)
  • 2016 Access Code Film Festival
  • 2015 Euro Fest Selection
  • 2015 Fade In - Awards (finalist)
  • 6 Addy Awards
  • HAA Bestof Show
  • HAA Gold
  • The New York Festivals: Gold World Medal
  • 8 RIAA Gold videos for Prince
  • Bronze World Medal
  • Sonoma Valley Film Festival
  • Method Fest FilmFestival 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 BestDirector
  • Circe de Ciurto (Italy) Best Short
  • 3-time AURORA winner-Platinum & Best of Show
  • 16-time MN Video Awards
  • Minnesota Music Video Awards: 3-time Director of the Year.
  • others...

References
  1. A-Side, The Double (2019-07-25). "Scott McCullough: Prince's Visionary Director". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  2. 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 www.scottmccullough.com

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