Scott Ewing
Scott Ewing is a filmmaker, political scientist, blogger, writer, editor, promo director, production assist and an artist
- based on Waiheke Island in New Zealand.
Good digital video editing abilities (Avid & Final Cut Pro)
Good writing abilities
An avid reader and consumer of Anthropological and Geopolitical information
Can work collectively or independently
Can work to a deadline
Good communication skills
15 years full-time non-linear digital video experience
Photoshop and Word proficient
PC and Mac literate
Passionate about media (I’m in it for the love of it)
University of Auckland Bachelor of Arts double-major in Political Science and Anthropology
1990 – 1992
Amnesty International Shooting and editing short informational video for the Amnesty website
December 2009
Oxfam Shooting and editing short informational and promotional videos for the Oxfam website
January 2009 - Present
Falls the Shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixQhEBGbrFk
Co-directed and edited a documentary short about artist Helen Pollock’s clay sculpture installation and the effect of combat on New Zealand troops in WWI
Aired on the Arts Channel in 2009
March – June 2009
The Big Intent
Shot, directed and edited a documentary short about a film festival on Waiheke Island.
February – March 2009
Kit and Maynie – Tea, Scones and Nuclear Disarmament
Edited a documentary about peace activists based on Waiheke Island
Included in the Documentary Film Festival in Feb 2009
October 2008 – January 2009
Island Films One of three company directors of a production house that specialises in providing video communications for the public sector
Projects include co-directing and editing promotional communications for :
The Health Research Council
Fonterra.
The Early Childhood Education facilities and program at the
Mangere Refugee Centre
The District Strategic plan for the Counties Manukau District Health Board
The Chronic Care Management program for the CMDHB.
The Problem Gambling Foundation
The Auckland University of Technology
August 2006 – August 2008
Earthrace Editor of documentary series about the attempt of a wave piercing motorboat to break the world speed record.
October – December 2005 & September – November 2007
SongStar Editor of two segments of TV2 reality show for Isola production house
May 2005
Ecast Video editor of material for educational websites and the medical sector including cross cultural awareness for medical practitioners.
May 2005 - present
Waiheke Film Festival Assisting organisation of the event and helping contributors edit various project for the festival on a voluntary basis
August – October 2004
Waiheke TV Video editing locally produced community content on a voluntary basis
April 2004 - ongoing
Television New Zealand Promo Director / Producer / Writer / Editor
Involves writing, shooting, Avid editing, and supervising the post production of entertainment promotions for diverse films and television programs
Jan 2002 – May 2002 & July 2002 - August 2003
Havoc Programme Editor
Offline Avid editing The Havoc Sellout Tour : The Victory Lap television series
May 2002 – July 2002
Viasat (U.K.) Promo Director / Producer / Writer / Editor
Involved writing, shooting, Avid editing, and supervising the post production of entertainment promotions for diverse films and television programs
August 2001 – September 2001
SKY Television New Zealand Promo Director / Producer / Writer / Editor
Involves writing, shooting, Avid editing, and supervising the post production of entertainment promotions for diverse films and television programs
Received 3 International Promax Awards for On-Air Promotions
May 1999 – August 2001
Television New Zealand Editor / Post Production Manager (New Media Division)
Editing and broadcasting “Local Link” – two fully digital community news channels.
Editing television commercials and program inserts for network TV shows.
Streaming Video media.
Researching programming options for a multi-channel Digital Pay TV service.
May 1995 – May 1999
“Blur” Editor on short film
Nominated 1996 BFM Short Film Awards Best Editor
November 1995
Village Force Cinemas Director / Editor
Video Promos for ticketing machines and exhibitor advertising.
Monthly compilation of feature film E.P.K. material for foyer screens.
May 1997 – December 1999
Communicado Productions Director / Editor
May 1996 - Theatrical trailer for feature film “Broken English”
Tucker Films Director / Editor
February 1996 - Theatrical trailer for feature film “The Whole of the Moon”
South Pacific Pictures
October 1994 – February 1995
Studio Trainee on TV Drama “Shortland Street.”
Documentary Projects
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘Human Universals’
A 30 minute treatment of the current content of 24hour news channels
with an emphasis on Anthropology and Geopolitics
April – June 2007
Directed and Edited 'The Return of the Maori Battalion
Oct 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5q3f2Aqy8
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘NOLA’
A seven minute music and spoken word montage that examines some of the media responses to the Katrina incident
Jan 2006
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘We – Arundhati Roy’
A 64 minute documentary that visualizes the words of author Arundhati Roy
that examines power and powerlessness within the all-encompassing realm of geopolitics.
Released on DVD and the internet, available from weroy.org,
or by googling ‘We’ & ‘Arundhati Roy’
July 2005
Co-directed and edited ‘This Little River Went to Market’
A 34 min documentary feature examining the ownership of water in New Zealand and in other parts of the world
Broadcast by Triangle TV in March 2005
January 2005 – February 2005
Edited ‘Fowl Play’
A documentary short examining the quickly changing social landscape of Waiheke Island
September 2004
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘Earth 6 2004’
An experimental geopolitical news programme that spans a month as opposed to a day
July 2004
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘New Zealand Defence’
A 110 min documentary feature examining New Zealand’s place on a rapidly changing and globalizing geopolitical environment
Broadcast by TVNZ in Nov 2005 & by Rialto Channel in Jan 2006
& used by the NZDF Staff College at Trentham as an educational resource
Oct 2003 – March 2004
Produced, Directed and Edited ‘Human Conflict’
A 39 minute art project / documentary exploring war and conflict from a human species perspective
May 2003
Editor of a documentary included in the Documentary Film Festival Feb 2009
Received 3 International Promax Awards for On-Air Promotions 2001
Nominated 1996 BFM Short Film Awards Best Editor
Reviews for 'We ' Arundhati Roy' ( from www.weroy.org )
An unparalleled benchmark in documentary filmmaking. A wicked soundtrack. Powerful imagery. Arundhati Roy's speech strikes to the heart - every word poiniently and poetically weaving an intricate tapestry of our modern global ache. Western citizens, hear her clarity in objective voice; be confounded by it's compelling incisiveness. These 64 minutes will rattle your cage.
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It is in my opinion a God given duty to spread the truth through which ever medium possible. The People must educate themselves not only to better understand the world about them but to support those truly in need. By not only creating and propagating this documentary (and of course making it free to be enjoyed by the masses), Arundhati Roy and everyone at weroy.org have done a great deed to those with inquiring minds. I want to thank all of you for all the great work, time, and dedication that went into making the documentary, DVD, Myspace profile, trailers, et cetera. You have my full support and I promise to spread this, the best to my ability. Thanks again.
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My eyes have opened to a whole new world. I never realized that such horrors occurred during our lifetime. I guess I was just living in a bubble, and somehow knew something else was out there...just wasn't sure what until now. I have already showed my husband the doc...and i will be sure to show all my friends... as I have alot that are aimless rebels looking for a good cause. Thank you, and I'm not sure where to take it from here...but something has certainly changed in me.
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The film brought me to tears... grief is an under-rated thing in the American culture; main stream tv and movies have done a good job at desensitizing the general public to what really happens when a person we love dies. I know first hand. My only son, and the most important man in my life, died suddenly 2 years ago. [...] It feels like someone reached in and ripped out my heart. Every morning I wake up and.. he is still dead. The person who came into my life and changed me forever... who loved me more than I had ever been loved before, the person I spent every day thinking about, caring about, loving, teaching and nurturing, for 19 years... Death doesn't come and go, like changing channels on the tv.. or a birthday, or any event in our lives. Death comes, and it stays. It changes your life forever. You have to learn to live forever with a broken heart. This documentary and Arundhati's words come closest to the truth about how an unnecessary death ruins people's lives, how the deaths of countless innocent people we do not know on the other side of the world hurt so many people, and ruin so many lives. I could go on about so many other excellent points made in the film but won't. I just want to thank you for putting this out here, props for acting selfless in a society overly saturated with selfishness.
Susi Newborn (Oxfam & Independent Filmmaker) 027 323 4030
Barry Caitcheon (TVNZ & Island Films) 021 464 406
Claudia Pond-Eyley (Independent Filmmaker) 630 3091
Helen Pollock (Artist and Filmmaker) 021 229 9137
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