Principals:

Scott Elliott produces, directs, and edits 590films' documentary-style promotional films. Scott's first feature length documentary, Slumming It: Myth and Culture on the Bowery, about the history of the Bowery in New York City, aired on PBS in June 2005 on the series Reel New York. Prior to Slumming It, Scott directed and edited short documentaries for Mixed Greens, a New York production company, and worked as an associate producer on The Fancy, directed by filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin. The film screened at the 2000 New York Video Festival, and 2001 Vienna and Rotterdam film festivals. Scott studied filmmaking and History at Amherst College in Massachusetts. His 1999 thesis documentary video, Reflections from Sa Pa, Vietnam, about a community in rural Vietnam, won honorable mention from the 2000 World Population Film and Video Festival. In addition to his work at 590films, Scott is a freelance producer, cameraman and editor and has worked for numerous cable and corporate clients such as Lime, AMC, Cisco, Alcoa, and Wal-Mart. He is currently producing a series of educational video case studies for CaseNEX and the NYC Department of Education about successful schools in New York City. Scott's most recent documentary, about Cambodian Buddhist monks working with AIDS orphans, is showing at Frontline/World. He is currently developing a documentary about Ballet Tech, a public high school for ballet dancers.

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Julia Elliott directs, produces, and writes narration for 590films' documentary-style promotional films. She is the co-writer and co-producer of the award-winning feature film, Windhorse, which played in movie theaters throughout the country. Windhorse tells the story of one Tibetan family's struggle under Chinese occupation, and was shot in Nepal and clandestinely in Tibet. She was also the co-writer on Slumming It: Myth and Culture on the Bowery. She has worked as an associate producer on two PBS documentary series: Blackside, Inc.'s This Far by Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys, and California Newsreel's Race: The Power of an Illusion. She has taught video and film at several programs in the Boston area. In addition to her film and video work, she has produced several radio pieces. She graduated from Wesleyan University and received a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School.