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Award winning film company telling meaningful stories through captivating visual experiences. Scott Klumb is an award-winning filmmaker.

He is a storyteller, cinematographer, and editor, knowledgeable in a wide array of film styles, including documentary, where he creates artistic films with meaningful stories to captivate his audience. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Scott has found a passion for filmmaking, pursuing his talent both professionally and in his free time. Many of Scott's projects are documentaries, which include his film

, "Autism: One Man's Journey," a film about being diagnosed as autistic late in life. Between this film and his short film, "Autism Ability," Scott's work has been in 14 film festivals all over the globe. Scott also won the award for Best Editor in the 2020 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. Scott continues to grow as a filmmaker, enjoys being on panels and public speaking, is always looking for new opportunities, and has big plans for his future.

12/15/2023

After showing my film Thriving on the Spectrum at ReelAbilities Boulder I wanted to release the film on my YouTube channel. Here is the link and please let me know what you think. Feel free to help share the film too as it would be greatly appreciated.

Our lives were profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the autism community was hit especially hard. With changes to supports, routines, co...

12/12/2023

Recently I was at ReelAbilities and shared my film Thriving on the Spectrum followed by an amazing panel. I will be releasing Thriving on the Spectrum on my new YouTube channel later this week. In the meantime, here is the trailer for it, enjoy!

Our lives were profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the autism community was hit especially hard. With changes to supports, routines, co...

06/22/2022

Thriving on the Spectrum has officially been released online for FREE. A big thank you goes out to everyone involved in this documentary. Without you, this wouldn’t have been possible.

06/14/2022

After a successful Film Festival run, it is time for me to release Thriving on the Spectrum online for free. It will be online next Tuesday, June 21st. If you are interested in checking out my multi-award-winning documentary, please leave a comment below. Thank you for all of the love and support. I can't wait to share it with all of you!

04/19/2022

Here is my newest film for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. This years theme was superhero.

11/24/2021

I recently saw some posts going around about mental health and skiing. Because of this, I wanted to share the ski segment from my award-winning documentary film that has been in 10 film festivals. For those of you that do not know, I have been filming skiing for many years. I was diagnosed as autistic at age 23 after struggling with severe depression, anxiety, and alcoholism for quite some time. I am going on 12 years sober, and I am very grateful for the decision I made for myself to get sober. I made it through some tough times with my severe depression and now live a fulfilling life with my girlfriend and a successful film career. I want to let you know that there is no need to feel ashamed of struggling with mental health, and whenever possible, please be open with others so that you do not internalize your struggles. The more we hide it, the harder it gets. If you need someone to talk to, please feel free to reach out. I am here for people that could use the support.

This segment shows me surrounded by my passion for filmmaking. I had people follow me around filming behind-the-scenes footage to capture me filming while combining the footage with my camera angles to the music. There were interviews with Lupe Hagearty, Parker Norvell, Cassidy "Queso" Dubois, and Jaron Stadler speaking about how filming skiing helps alleviate some of my autistic traits as well as my severe depression. During this segment, it also features the skiing of Taylor Seaton, John Spriggs, Keegan Kilbride, Trent Jones, Seamus Flanagan, and the people in the interviews. If it weren't for finding my passion in filmmaking I don't think I would be where I am today. A big thank you goes out to Woodward Copper, Shred Optics, and Tall T Productions for sponsoring my documentary.

Here is the ski segment from my award-winning documentary Autism: One Man's Journey. This segment shows me surrounded by my passion for filmmaking. I had people…

11/01/2021

I wanted to update you on how my new documentary Thriving on the Spectrum is doing during its first two months in its film festival life. Ten film festivals have noticed it, and it has won three awards so far. I won Best Short Documentary Film in two festivals, and I won the Award of Merit in another. It feels amazing to stand out amongst so many different film festivals around the world in just the first few months of finishing my new film. I look forward to seeing where else Thriving on the Spectrum may go, and I plan to host another virtual screening and Q/A sometime after the New Year in January and hope to see you there. I also want to thank everyone for all the love and support to help me get to this point in my life. Despite life being challenging for a variety of reasons over the last year, it has been amazing for my film career. I released four films in 2020 and 2021 and won 7 awards. And now I get to move to Florida in less than two weeks with the love of my life, Erin, where I will be able to start a new journey with her. I will also continue my passion and career for filmmaking with more exciting opportunities out there. Life is good, and I cant wait to see where life brings me next.

10/12/2021

Here is the official trailer to my award-winning documentary Thriving on the Spectrum. In its first two months of being finished, it has been an official selection of multiple film festivals around the world and has won many awards so far. It is exciting to see this documentary connect with so many, and I look forward to sharing it with the rest of you when I release it publicly later in 2022. Until then, stay tuned for another virtual screening coming soon, as well as potential virtual and in-person film festivals where you can view it as well.

08/25/2021

Tomorrow night, August 25th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Brewability & Pizzability in Denver Colorado, my newest documentary Thriving on the Spectrum will be screening for FREE. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

This will be a great event to bring Colorado's autism community together. I hope you all are having a great week and we hope to see you there.

08/23/2021

"Neurodiverse: One Couple's Experience" is a film about a real-life couple, Erin (neurotypical) and Scott (autistic), who demonstrate how acceptance, respect, love, and a sense of humor are the key to thriving in everyday life together.

This film was originally made for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge where we had less than a week to come up with a mockumentary story and then film and edit it all while staying at home during the pandemic. I was very excited to hear that my work stood out to many judges. It feels good to know that my work is being recognized because my film won an award at the Spring Grove Caledonia Film Festival.

I hope you enjoy my short film.

https://vimeo.com/590295076

"Neurodiverse: One Couple's Experience" is a film about a real-life couple, Erin (neurotypical) and Scott (autistic), who demonstrate how acceptance,…

03/22/2021

In a few weeks my award winning film Autism: One Man's Journeywill be released online for free. I hope you all can take the time to watch the documentary I put so much work into and can share it so that people can connect with a story of late diagnosis that needed to be told and help bring acceptance to autism for Autism Acceptance Month.

Release Date: April 8th, 2021

Currently an unprecedented number of autistic young people will be making the transition to adulthood. But what if you are autistic and never diagnosed as a ...

03/13/2021

In 2020 small businesses were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic like so many people out there. During the shutdown, small businesses were told they couldn’t have any in-person sales, while stores like Target were deemed essential when they had large amounts of foot traffic that weren’t always monitored. This was a slap in the face to many small business owners trying to stay in business in any way possible.

I’ve seen how much small businesses have been struggling, and I wanted to help support them however I could best. As a filmmaker, I saw the potential of interviewing a variety of small businesses during the pandemic to give the people a chance to share their story and how more than ever they need our support.

In this first episode, I met up with Scott Happel, who is one of the co-owners of The Oriental Theater. The Oriental Theater has not only been shutdown when everyone else was, but they have been shut down for most of the year because of COVID restrictions.

Please watch this video and help support businesses like the Oriental Theater and the artists that perform whenever possible.

Website: www.theorientaltheater.com

In 2020 small businesses were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic like so many people out there. During the shutdown, small businesses were told they couldn’t…

08/07/2020

Here is my newest video about COVID-19 in Boulder, Colorado which is now showing at the Museum of Boulder in its own exhibit.

During these difficult times, I managed to capture what things were like around the city of Boulder during a pandemic. Things quickly shifted back in March from…

07/27/2020

Recently I was a part of a film contest where I had 4 days to film and edit a short documentary. I decided to make something different from your typical documentary so I could showcase my cinematography and editing skills.

Please like, comment, and share with the YouTube link. Anything helps with getting this positive message about autism out there.

Thank you,

This project portrays the behind the scenes impact that autism has on my filming and filming has on my life.

07/02/2020

Im working on developing a YouTube channel. Please hit subscribe if you have an account and share with others. Thank you!

Here are some timelapses that I captured around Colorado. I filmed some of the different landscapes and cityscapes that this beautiful state has to offer. If...

03/22/2020

Here is a photo recap of the Denver World Premier for my documentary Autism: One Man's Journey!

Here is a photo recap of the Denver World Premier. Over 100 people showed up to support my film during this amazing night. Everyone loved the film and a lot of people really connected with my story as well as the message with being diagnosed late in life with autism. I look forward to more shows and public speaking in the future.

12/31/2019

Heres some holiday light footage from filming on the Pearl Street Mall.

If you have a YouTube account please head over and subscribe to my channel that I am working on getting off the ground.

Happy New Year everyone!

Here is some test footage that I captured with my new Lumix S1 in lowlight city conditions. I absolutely love this camera, especially because of it's low lig...

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Videos

Thriving on the Spectrum - Official Trailer

One of my favorite shots to ever make it in a ski film has got to be this one right here. It is quite an honor to have the legendary Warren Miller do a voiceover to one of my shots. Hearing his voice always brings a sense of nostalgia. If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to check out Refresh on Level 1’s page. It is by far one of my favorite ski movies to date.

Mikes Camera "Outlaws of Dirt 2nd Entry"

Mikes Camera is having a video contest for people to enter a one minute snippet of there best work. I edited this one more like a movie trailer instead of just establishing shots. I tried building up a vibe to this video with lifestyles while having it be action packed. Hope you like it. Filmed and Edited by Scott Klumb at SMK Media

SMK Media "Outlaws of Dirt"

First short video submission for Outlaws of Dirt...Im going to make one more because the contest is allowing three videos no longer than 1 minute long...Wish me luck :)

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Our Story

I am a filmmaker, a photographer, and I am also autistic. As an autistic person I have learned how to hone my strengths and abilities to create a meaningful life and career.

I am about to release a project called "Autism: One Man's Journey." It talks about late diagnosis with autism in which I filmed, edited, and produced this inspiring autobiographical film with the hope to reassure late diagnosis autistics that they are not alone. It is hard being autistic, but I want to inspire others and let them know that things do get better.

I got my name out into the ski industry as a filmer early on and that grew when I was 23. During that time I did a few projects for ESPN, Smith Goggles, Line Skis, helped out Level 1 Productions and other major ski movie companies. I am currently sponsored by Tall T Productions and Shred Optics.

I like to film and edit just about anything. My passion for film expands beyond the ski community which is where it all began. I especially like to get outdoors and film time-lapses and film other activities during the spring, summer, and fall.