SCOT BARBOUR
Scot Barbour behind the camera
DGA DIRECTOR

Scot
Barbour

Directing music, film, TV, commercials and immersive work — award-winning and format-defining.
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Director’s Reel

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Selected Work

DIRECTED · 08

Creative Producer & Production Innovator

Scot Barbour on set — Lumière Award winner
LUMIÈRE AWARD · SHARK TANK · BEST USE OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

Physical reality, virtually extended.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR · VP, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY · SONY PICTURES
The production systems behind two decades of world-first formats — 4K, 120fps HFR, real-time point-cloud and AI.
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ABOUT

A multi-award-winning director and creative technologist — 1× Lumière, 2× Emmy nominations, 2× Webby wins — who evolves with every medium: NLEs, HD, 3D, 4K, 120fps HFR and now AI.

RECOGNITION
Winner — Lumière Award, 2019
Shark Tank · Best Use of Virtual Production
Winner — Webby Award, 2018
Cycling Pathways to Mars · VR: Branded Cinematic
People’s Voice — Webby, 2018
Cycling Pathways to Mars · VR: Branded Cinematic
Emmy Nominated ×2
Cycling Pathways to Mars · Notorious B.I.G.: Sky’s the Limit
FOUNDER
Oasis Imagery
Hollywood’s first virtual-production stage; live broadcast-quality stereoscopic 3D
Sony Pictures Innovation Studios
Sony’s virtual-production entity — volumetric set scanning & real-time compositing
VOIA
AI virtual-production pipeline — real-time environments, no green screen, previz to post
Aurora Sky Studio
Independent studio for my directorial work — feature doc, a book & a graphic novel
FORMAT PIONEER
NLEs
Strategic development on Apple’s Final Cut Studio
HD
Early high-definition production
3D
2D→3D conversion pioneer; first live point-cloud plates
4K
World’s first 4K music video
120fps HFR
World’s first 120fps / 4K / 3D feature
AI
Early AI filming & compositing
PATENTED · 5×
Multi-factor VR authentication
Secure VR login combining a password with how you move the headset
Volumetric rig calibration
Auto-calibrates a multi-camera capture stage using projected light patterns
Multi-sensor camera rig
One lens capturing visible & infrared together for richer depth data
Synchronized projection & capture
Hides calibration patterns between frames — invisible on screen, captured for depth
Optical look via metadata
Stores a camera’s look as metadata to re-apply in post over untouched raw
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