Ali Scattergood

Ali Scattergood is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer. She heads Oak Light Films, which specializes in non-fiction storytelling for clients in the entertainment, education and impact media sectors. She is the Co-director, Co-writer and Editor of the Feature Documentary film Healing Waters, which premiered on AppleTV and Amazon Video in the fall of 2024 and has won awards at other festivals in the US and around the world. Her 2022 short documentary Climate Diaries: Heathers Story won Best Documentary Short, Best Female Director, and Best Cinematography in several film festivals across the USA and Europe. Climate Diaries: Heather’s Story was selected for the Bloomberg Green Climate Film Festival in July 2024, and aired on Alaska Airlines as part of their In Flight Entertainment in December 2024.

Ali has worked with respected filmmakers and TV production companies around the country, including Ken Burns, Netflix, Disney, A&E Networks, Hulu, Nat Geo Wild, and Warner Brothers Discovery. She Produced and Directed a web series for the Washington Department of Health which aired during the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Her photography work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe. She has photographed (in a personal audience with) public figures including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, musician Wynton Marsalis, Filmmaker Ken Burns, Author and Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, and the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City and worked as a photojournalist documenting the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru. Her solo show Liminal Moments in Seattle, WA, showcased a series of her latest fine art photography focused on the interactive boundaries between the spaces we inhabit and the fluidity of human memory.

Ali is currently based in Seattle, WA. She enjoys working in all areas of film production, and is available for video and photography projects globally. An alumnus of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Program, she regularly speaks on panels regarding filmmaking. Ali currently serves on the board for the Seattle Documentary Association on their programming committee.

Website: www.aliscattergood.com