Longmont, CO, USA
$500 - $1000 / Day
Scott McElroy is a freelance motion graphics artist and video editor. He formerly headed up video production for Unreasonable Group. He has edited numerous feature-length and short documentaries, web series, promo videos, commercials, live events and everything in between. Scott edited and co-wrote the critically acclaimed documentary High Ground. His notable short documentary editing work includes Keeper of the Mountains, Awarded a Special Jury Mention at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and named one of Outside Magazine's Best Adventure Films, Delta Dawn, which won the Best Short Film Award at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and Between River and Rim: Parts I & II, a National Geographic Feature. Scott graduated from the University of Colorado with a BFA in Film Studies and an MA in Print and Broadcast Journalism. He lives in Longmont, CO with his wonderful wife Bess and two superstar daughters Olive and Nova.
Produced for Allison Otto Company
Keeper of the Mountains is a portrait of Elizabeth Hawley and her unlikely key role in the Golden Age of Himalayan mountaineering, her defiance of the traditional gender roles of her day and her decision to settle alone in Kathmandu in 1960, where she has famously lived life on her own terms ever since. Hawley, 91 and a former journalist, maintains the world's largest and most treasured archive o
The Colorado River ran to the Sea for six million years but stopped nearly two decades ago. In the spring of 2014, something changed. An experimental pulse of water flooded this river of sand and a team paddled the crest to see if they could be the first to navigate this forgotten delta and once again kiss the sea. Winner of Best Short Mountain Film at the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
HIGH GROUND follows a team of veterans returning from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq as they set out to climb a towering Himalayan peak to overcome challenges and heal the mental and emotional ravages of war.
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