Scott Mortensen: | Interactive Creative Director

Arctic Row: Into Thin Ice

The Arctic Ocean is the only ocean that has never been rowed across. August 28th, 2012, a team of four young explorers completed an unsupported, non-stop, record-setting voyage in one of the exploration world’s last great firsts. After 40 days and 1000 miles, Collin West, Neal Mueller, Paul Ridley & …

Mt. Everest: To the Top

My specialty involves adventure filmmaking expeditions from the seas to the summits. Mt. Everest was a collaboration with premiere Canadian guiding company, Peak Freaks. Our successful summit bid included two rescues in the Death Zone and made international news in Men’s Journal, Outside, Explorer’s Web, etc. In the end, adventures aren’t …

Brandalism: Client Work

Above video: Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes. Commercials for clients include television, radio, print, and the ubiquitous, shareable digital content. I work with a couple of brilliant creative directors, Hal Maynard and Sandy P. Jones. Here is some of our collective work: John Elway: Legendary NFL Quarterback, Chipshot.com Ted Williams: MLB …

Humanitarian Work

Disaster Relief in Haiti. Anti-human trafficking in Thailand. Social entrepreneurship in Honduras. One thing I’ve learned in my years working with 501(c)(3) organizations is that charity alone cannot resolve massive global problems like poverty, inequality and environmental degradation. This is why I’m a big fan of the social entrepreneurship framework. Generous …

Independent Films

Current project, full-length feature script for mainstream, theatrical distribution. Director surf unit on PERFECT WAVE, trailer above. Writer/Director 35mm indie feature, Beautiful Americans. Writer/Director The TarZen Diet, in progress WATER MAN, Best Cinematography at the Surfer Poll Awards (Dir. Don King, Sonny Miller, Jeff Hornbaker). The Changers thanks to Cole Claassen at Agape Productions. “Dream wedding” …

Stay Light: Photos

These images show adventure-philanthropy in Hawaii, humanitarian work in Russia, sustainable development in Honduras, summitting Mt. Everest, a trip up Kilimanjaro and disaster relief in Haiti. Keeping a ‘breath of life’ philosophy in mind, I also like to shoot underwater.

Nike Girls Get Their Breasts Done

Social entrepreneurship projects for Nike/Transworld/Keep-a-Breast.org. Top surf phenoms, Carissa Moore, Coco Ho and Monyca Byrne-Wickey get their breasts cast for Keep-a-Breast.org –a non-profit whose mission eradicates breast cancer through youth outreach, prevention, early detection and support. Nike Girls Get Their Breasts Done Casting the breasts of surfing superstars with the …