Who We Are
Scott Thornton | Founder
Scott serves as the Founder and Creative Director for Light Supply Media. His work has taken him all over the world to cover a variety of subjects—from institutional and corporate work, to feature documentaries, to character issue-based storytelling, to commercial projects, and beyond. Scott has filmed in war zones and sensitive locations such as the United Nations and the Pentagon in a news gathering and documentary capacity. He also has produced a variety of video products for clients such as: The Smithsonian Museum of African Art, The University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and The American Cancer Society. Scott is skilled in all aspects of film and video production, and has special expertise in directing, producing, writing, editing, and research. Today, he serves his community by crafting meaningful films to bring awareness to organizations with a purpose.
Timothy John Psarras | Assistant Editor
Tim has six years experience in digital production and post-production for various projects ranging from corporate video to documentary, including a lead editor credit for a documentary about the history and future of Brazil’s borders. He believes editing is the essence of good storytelling.
Timothy received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and worked for three years as a design engineer when his passion for filmmaking became too strong to ignore. He never looked back.
He also loves cooking pizza, fly-fishing, photography, and drinking beer.
He lives in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah.
“The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joie de vivre, their idealism — and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, he sees death and pain everywhere about him, and begins to lose faith in the ultimate goodness of man. But, if he’s reasonably strong — and lucky — he can emerge from this twilight of the soul into a rebirth of life’s elan. Both because of and in spite of his awareness of the meaninglessness of life, he can forge a fresh sense of purpose and affirmation. He may not recapture the same pure sense of wonder he was born with, but he can shape something far more enduring and sustaining. The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment…