Northcutt Productions has a team of seasoned filmmakers, artists and technicians. We assemble custom crews for each project and pride ourselves in creating synergy. The following people played key roles in creating the portfolio work on this site:

Patsy Northcutt:  filmmaker / founder
Patsy Northcutt directed and produced all of the projects on this web site. While directing and producing are her strength and focus, she started as a shooter/editor and is highly skilled at both. This versatile skill set is handy for guerilla style documentary productions.

Northcutt started making slapstick comedy movies with friends when she was 15 and launched Northcutt Productions at age 20. She has always done a mix of documentary and marketing productions. In 1992, Patsy flew a crew of 3 to the Earth Summit in Rio for a documentary and in1994, she landed Apple, IBM, AT&T and Siemens as clients, which provided the budgets for many highly creative film and video productions. Northcutt has a clever business savvy and has combined her passion for filmmaking with her profound desire to help create the cultural shift toward environmental restoration and social justice.

Her academic credentials include:
• MA in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community from New College, Santa Rosa;
• BA in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara
• Completion of the Stanford University Mass Media Institute program in Documentary Film Production.

Mike Northcutt: original music / graphic design
Mike Northcutt, Patsy's brother, composed, performed and produced most of the music for the programs on this web site. Mike is a guitarist/singer/songwriter and has been performing live rock 'n roll for over 16 years. He understands content development issues and has an uncanny ability to create exactly to our client's tastes. He has degrees in music and graphic design and is doing increasingly more interface and design work. You can sample his music here, or visit his website.

Barry Schienberg: director of photography
Barry has over 20 years of experience shooting, producing, writing and editing. He shares our deep commitment to environmental issues and has shot a number of projects for us. Barry also works with Habitat Media and his recent credits include PBS documentaries, "Empty Oceans, Empty Nets" and "Farming the Seas", which was nominated for an Emmy in 2005.

Mark Woloschuck: motion graphics / creative design
Mark is a fantastic motion graphics designer and animator. He designed the Bioneers, Northcutt and Extreme Learning logo animations; the Superpower Roll animation that we created for Paul Hawken's recent Bioneers presentation; the Green Cross Awards intros and more. Put a Canadian in San Francisco and you have Mark. Very cool.

Babette Hogan: producer / director
Babette Hogan has been a core member of the Northcutt Productions' team since the beginning and worked on many of the projects on this site. She can write, produce, direct and has an excellent design sensibility. She has been increasingly focused on DVD, Web, and interactive media production. Among her many achievements, she received several international Gold awards for "Smoke Screen", an anti-smoking video that she produced and directed.

John Behrens: director of photography
John has shot several projects for Northcutt Productions including our recent Ecological Footprint program and a series of marketing videos that we produced for Jack Morton Worldwide and their clients. He is nimble, innovative, understated and highly creative. He's shot three feature films: "The Other Half" (which recently screened at the Cannes film festival), "Want" and "Brain Pirates" and worked on several others.

Peggy Knapp: writer / producer / host
Peggy is a total pro and we consider it a priveledge to have her on our team. She worked as a correspondent/ producer for CNN's Environmental News Magazine series "Network Earth" and "Earth Matters" for 5 years. This was followed by two year as correspondent/producer for "The American Edge", a prime-time news magazines exploring the edges of American culture, produced by Turner Original Productions. Prior to these shows, she worked for 10 years on "Newton's Apple" National PBS Science Series- KTCA-TV. She currently is on the faculty at Hamline University Graduate School of Education working teaching a variety of environmental education courses and freelances for Northcutt Productions.

Halsted Craig Hannah: illustrator / designer
Halsted is the lead illustrator for our animations, graphics and storyboards. He is among the best illustrators in town--brilliant, versitile and fast. His clients include: Disney, ILM, Warner Bros., Fox and The Matrix II. His work is sprinkled throughout our site.

Stephanie Neuringer: web designer
Stephanie created the look and feel of the Northcutt web site and continues to maintain graphics and code for the site. She has done a variety of web and graphic design work for our clients. Her work speaks for itself: creative, cool, clean and inspiring.

Paul Lundahl & Glen Janssens: multimedia technical / creative direction
Paul and Glen, co-owners of eMotion studios, are like a brother company to Northcutt Productions. We share ideas, resources and expertise. Paul and Glen are creative storytellers and have been on the leading edge of digital video, compression issues and new media technology since the beginning.

Michael Becker: original music
Michael Becker has created original music for Northcutt projects for over 15 years. Most recently, he provided music for The Ecological Footprint video we produced and created the sound track for the Superpower Roll animation for Paul Hawken's Bioneers presentation. His work is sprinkled throughout our portfolio.

Robert Barcelona: camera crane operator
Robert does our camera crane work and recently shot a music video for us at Skywalker Sound. He has also shot several projects in our online portfolio. He worked on the Universal Pictures release, Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams. His credits also include work for HBO, ESPN, MTV, David Letterman and a variety of national spots. Robert has a delightful sense of humor and brings character to every project.

Mike Coll: writer
Mike specializes in making engaging and creative video and multimedia from seemingly dull or technical subjects and has had a delightful creative influence on many Northcutt projects. He has been working in the industry for 25 years and has won roughly 30 awards. His credits include several Gold Cindy awards, two Gold Plaque Awards from the Chicago Film Festival, and a "John Cleese Comedy Award" for writing/directing.

Jim Iacona: director of photography
Jim has an outstanding reputation as a director of photography and we are proud to have him on our team. We bow to Jim for many of the clips on our site. He has over 20 years of experience and frequently shoots in film. He shoots documentaries, features, commercials and corporate communications. Dramatic themes are his favorite; lighting his gift.

Andy Lilien: director of photography
Andy is one of a kind. He was the D.P. for some of the best work on this site, using a mix of 16mm film and video. He is a strong support to the creativity at Northcutt Productions, is resourceful and works quickly with grace and charm. He is presently working as a director of photography on a variety of commercial, dramatic and music video projects.

Dav Rauch: animation / motion graphics
Dav does animation and motion graphics for Northcutt Productions. He is seasoned, yet youthful and innovative, always adding a unique touch. He co-founded the Polar Bear Club with Patsy. The club's mission is recruit innocent victims to go out into the ocean nearby for as long as possible without the use of a wetsuit. We tempt co-workers with fruit popsicles on hot summer days.

Sean Thomas, Logan Kelsey, Eric Ladenburg and Ingrid Wilhite: video editors
All have great resumes and have worked on a variety of Northcutt projects. They have worked on feature length documentaries, high-paced action, sports, music and national television commercials and are all, seasoned pros. With these four, we have our editorial bases covered.

Paul Katzer: technical consultant
Last but definitely not least, Paul, our lifesaver. He was instrumental in designing the IT and database structure for Northcutt Productions and has served as a right hand man and rescue squad ever since.