Film & Video

Storytelling to inspire a healthy, sustainable and just future.

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2023 Reel

On Common Ground documentary shorts – stories about our public lands
Apple – Press Announcement & New Product Marketing Videos
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About


PATSY NORTHCUTT
Film & Video Editor | Filmmaker | Consulting Producer
Two-time Emmy® Award winning (Northern California and Los Angeles area) documentary filmmaker with 25 years of experience telling engaging stories that inspire a healthy, sustainable and just future.

FOCUS
Working with clients who are leading the way for positive change, Patsy has written, produced, directed, and/or edited films and videos on green building, clean tech, coral reef preservation, regenerative solutions, alternative transportation, climate justice, science, ecological footprint, empowering girls and women, enhancing mindfulness, biodiversity, the right to clean water and more.

TRACK RECORD
• Wrote, produced, directed, and/or edited over 200 films, videos, trailers and animations.
• Edited and was consulting producer for Running for the Mountains, a feature documentary that recently premiered at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
• Co-produced the 2021 Global Mosaic TV mini-series which aired primetime on KCET (PBS in Los Angeles), Link TV and TV UNAM across Mexico, with directing and editing roles on several episodes, including the Los Angeles area Emmy® winner: Young Women Rising.
• Co-directed/produced and edited Journey of the Universe, which aired nationwide on PBS for 3 years in most major cities and won a Northern California Emmy® for Best Documentary.
• Directed and produced projects remotely and on location across the United States and in over a half dozen countries, hiring local crew when possible.

TEAMS
Northcutt is a team player and has extensive experience leading, collaborating, supporting, mentoring, and building custom teams of storytellers, creative artists, technicians and content experts she’s worked with many times.

AWARDS:
• 2021 Los Angeles Emmy® Award—Education/Information (Global Mosaic: Young Women Rising)
• 2012 Northern California Emmy® Award—Best Documentary (Journey of the Universe)
• Global Award—Montana CINE International Festival (Journey of the Universe)
• Gold Cindy-Interactive Marketing—Siemens Semiconductors (Siemens Marketing)

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Mill Valley Edit Suite, just north of San Francisco

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Northcutt has deep roots as an editor and storyteller and is fluent with Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro, and she has with extensive experience directing all aspects of editing/post-production. The Northcutt edit suite is near downtown Mill Valley, California offering beautiful outdoor seating options and a nearby waterfall nestled in redwoods. Most collaboration can be done through efficient, remote work flows.

FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
Patsy Northcutt brings 25 years of experience working on all aspects of production, from early needs assessment stages—to creative and story development—to editing and post-production.

CONSULTING PRODUCER
Northcutt can help identify whether film and video storytelling are the appropriate medium, brainstorm ways to leverage a project for maximum results, up-level existing work, and offer business and storytelling guidance. With the breadth and depth of her experience, she can add value in a myriad of ways.

Film and Video Storytelling to Inspire a Healthy, Sustainable & Just Future

SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL IMPACT AND CULTURE SHIFTING
Patsy has over two decades of experience communicating sustainability, social justice, purpose, and consciousness-raising ideas to inspire audience engagement and cultural shifts, in alignment with internal or external goals.

PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH
Northcutt has long been aware of the hypocrisy and environmental costs from filmmaking, so our studio is powered by 100% renewable electricity and our teams tread lightly where possible: from working lean, hiring local crews and using remote workflows; to licensing existing footage; to eating responsibly and shipping and receiving things slowly rather than overnight; to making sure that our stuff gets a new home as soon as we no longer need it so it can be reused before it’s obsolete, donating equipment to ewastecollective.org and paying GreenDisk.com to recycle our Technotrash, and more.

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LOCATION

The Northcutt edit suite is based within walking distance from downtown Mill Valley, California located in the San Francisco Bay Area just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. We have beautiful, outdoor seating options, and much of our work can also be done remotely.

CONTACT

Please email Patsy if you’d like to connect or discuss a project:
info@northcuttprod.com

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