Lead by founder Patsy Northcutt, Northcutt Productions is a team of seasoned filmmakers, artists and technicians. We assemble custom crews for each project.

PRINCIPAL:
Patsy Northcutt:  Producer / Director / Editor
Patsy Northcutt is the co-producer/director and the editor of Journey of the Universe, now airing nationally on PBS. Patsy's love of filmmaking is coupled with her passion, creativity and commitment to producing stories that highlight a positive and sustainable future.

For over 20 years, she has helped produce programs that create cultural and environmental awareness in areas such as green building, alternative transportation, species extinction, solutions for the future, green plans, social justice, green(ing) business and teen pregnancy prevention.

Recent credits include: The Bioneers Conference National Broadcast; The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet; Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream Pachamama Symposium Film Project; Texas Gold; and Building Sustainability with The Natural Step.

Northcutt's academic credentials include an MA in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Communities from New College, Santa Rosa; a BA in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara and completion of the Stanford University Mass Media Institute program in Documentary Film Production.

CORE TEAM:
Adam Loften: Editor / Creative Direction
Adam has been a core partner on a variety of Northcutt Productions over many years and is an absolute rock star. He is a bright shining light in the Universe and brings his creativity and love of life to the projects of Northcutt Productions and to everything he touches.

Catherine Butler: Producer
A seasoned storyteller, Catherine has written and produced award-winning science, culture and social POV shows for clients including PBS, The Discovery Channel, The National Science Foundation and The Learning Channel. Credits include co-producing the Emmy-nominated PBS special Documenting the Face of America and co-writing the Emmy Award-winning Women of Tibet. She also produced the independent feature The Future of Food. In 2011, she co-founded BigTree Media, LLC, a multi-media company dedicated to inspiring kids to rediscover the wonders of nature.

Rivkah Beth Medow: Producer
Rivkah lights up rooms with her creativity, grace and charm. She has worked on a number of Northcutt projects and co-produced both of our Pachamama Alliance video series, leading an extensive global visual acquisitions process and collaborating with dozens of independent filmmakers to gather images from around the planet. Rivkah directed and produced her own film, "Sons of a Gun", that premiered at SXSW.

Greg O'Toole: Editor
Greg is a wonderful editor, strong storyteller, imaginative, knowledgeabe and passionate about the issues of our day. He has worked on a variety of Northcutt Productions. Greg's recent documentary features include Better This World (SXSW/POV 2011), cited by Variety for O Toole s ace editing ; Two Escobars (Cannes/ESPN, 2010), called "a miracle in editing " by IndieWire; and Sons of a Gun (2009), called "riveting and fascinating" by Frontline Producer David Fanning. The most import thing to know about Greg is that he surfs.

Mike Northcutt: Music
Mike Northcutt (Patsy's brother), composed, performed and produced much of the music for the programs on this web site. Mike shares Patsy's deep commitment to quality and client satisfaction. He is a guitarist/singer/songwriter and has been performing live rock and roll for over 16 years. He understands content development issues and has an uncanny ability to create exactly to our client's tastes. You can sample his music here, or visit his website.

Mark Woloschuck: Motion Graphic Design
Mark does the motion graphic design for most of our projects. He is fantastic designer and animator. He the title design for Journey of the Universe, some of our Pachamama animations; the "How big are we?" Roll and WiserEarth animations that we created for Paul Hawken; the Green Cross Awards intros; the Northcutt and Extreme Learning logo animations; and more. Put a Canadian in San Francisco and you have Mark. Very cool.

Michelle Grenier: Footage Research, Associate Producer and Transcription
Michelle has worked on a variety of Northcutt Productions over the past few years and does a great job with everything she touches. Michelle is constantly developing her Spiritual side as well as her craft and brings with her an uncanny sense of flow and synchronicity. She plays a key support role and is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Jørgen Vos: Business Advisor
Jørgen has an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management, San Francisco, and has worked for a variety of environmental organizations and businesses. He gives guidance for the management of Northcutt Productions and to all Northcutt projects, and he provides ongoing tech support. Like Greg above, Jorgen is an avid surfer and brings the beauty and energy of the waves to Northcutt projects.


CREW:
To view project credits for our two most recent projects, visit: Journey of the Universe Film Credits, and Journey Ed Series Credits.

The following is a list of Northcutt crew members that have made significant contributions to the Northcutt Projects that are profiled on this website. It is a partial listing, as we couldn't possibly list all of the fabulous people that have worked with us over the years.

Directors of Photography/Camera
Jim Iacona: Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens; Pachamama; Journey Ed Series; Temple Beyond Tolerance
Rick Butler: The Pachamama Alliance; Bioneers; Journey Ed Series
John Behrens: Ecological Footprint; Pachamama; Journey Ed Series; Others
Barry Schienberg: Extreme Learning; Bioneers; Ecological Footprint
Andy Lilien: The Natural Step; Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens
Scott Stender: Bioneers
Ron Frison: Bioneers
John Butera: Bioneers, Others

Camera Crane Operator aka The Crane Guy
Robert Barcelona: Farish & Friends; Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens; Community of Caring

Associate Producers
Babette Hogan: Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens; Pachamama; Many Others
Mary Chase: Pachamama
Julie Queen: Bioneers
Willow McDonough: Pachamama; Next Agenda
Christine Funk: Journey of the Universe; Pachamama

Animation / Motion Graphics
Dav Rauch: The Natural Step; Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens
James Curtis Pachamama, Journey of the Universe

Illustrator
Halsted Craig Hannah: Northcutt Eco-Illustrations; The Natural Step; Others

Music Composers
Christopher Ward: Journey of the Universe
Gary Malkin: Pachamama; Journey of the Universe
Dan Alvarez: Pachamama; Journey of the Universe
Michael Becker: Ecological Footprint; Hawken "How Big are we? Roll; Others

Writers
Neal Rogin: The Pachamam Alliance
Mike Coll: Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens
Peggy Knapp: The Natural Step/Green Building

Field Sound Engineers
Lauretta Molitor: Journey of the Universe Ed Series
Saul Rouda: Ecological Footprint & Extreme Learning
Wellington Bowler: The Pachamama Alliance
Bill Burch: Bioneers
Gabe Monts: The Pachamama Alliance

Video Engineers
Diane Oliver: Bioneers
Louis Block: Bioneers, Pachamama; Temple Beyond Tolerance

Creative Directors
Paul Lundahl: The Natural Step; Apple, IBM, AT&T & Siemens
Glen Janssens: The Natural Step

Video Editors
Logan Kelsey: Apple
Sean Thomas: The Natural Step/Green Building

DVD Authoring and Assistant Editing
Henry Huang: Journey of the Universe Film and Ed Series

Gaffers
Joseph Scott: Journey of the Universe Ed Series, Others
Eric Blum: Journey of the Universe Ed Series, Others

A.C.
Dave Wendlinger: The Natural Step, Others

Production Assistant
Caleb Northcutt: The Pachamama Alliance; Journey Ed Series

Web Designer
Stephanie Neuringer: Designed & Programmed this website

Technical Support
Paul Katzer: Designed the IT and database structure for Northcutt Productions. He rocks.