Forge Studio Collective: Film, Photo and VR

The reel.

Film work.

Features, franchises, music videos and short films, from the desert to the festival stage.

Fleshwound Films · Cinematographer, editor

Crusty Demons of Dirt

Produced by Fleshwound Films. The pioneers of freestyle motocross. Behind the camera since the first film in 1995.

Documentary · Producer

Wasteland Warriors

Off-road documentary films from Desert Syndicate Films, shot largely in Baja.

Netflix documentary · Camera

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross

Narrated by Josh Brolin. The story of how freestyle motocross was born, and an Emmy winner for Outstanding Long Sports Documentary.

Music video · Editor

Rise Against, Moto-X Mash Up

Freestyle motocross cut to Rise Against’s “Satellite” for the band’s official channel.

Short films

Windward Way Recovery

Award-winning recovery films for Windward Way Recovery.

Nonprofit · Tech director, producer

CarePossible

Online video assets, VFX videos for live events and graphics for a nonprofit providing mental health and addiction care to veterans and military families.

4K 3D virtual reality.

Shot on the Nokia OZO with spatial audio, including KROQ Weenie Roast.

Blink-182Nokia OZO, 4K 3D

Panic! At The DiscoNokia OZO, 4K 3D

ToolNokia OZO, 4K 3D

KROQ Weenie RoastNokia OZO, 4K 3D

A 360 degree frame of the Merkin Vineyards tasting room with a man pouring wine at the bar — Maynard James Keenan of Tool at Merkin Vineyards (360° VR frame)

Photography.

Action, athletes and the places the work takes us.

A wingsuit flyer launches from a snowy cliff platform above an alpine valley in Switzerland — Red Bull wingsuit launch, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

A freestyle motocross rider shown in multiple exposures arcing over a row of Cadillacs buried nose-down in the dirt — Seth Enslow, Cadillac Ranch

Two freestyle motocross riders upside down in the golden-hour sky over the Mongolian desert — Monster X, Mongolia, 2018

A bull bucks out of the chute at a PBR event as the rider holds on — PBR bull riding, Dallas–Fort Worth

A monster truck leaps through the air under a sunset sky — Monster truck, Mongolia

A surfer launches off a wave beside the Huntington Beach pier during the US Open of Surfing, with spectators lining the pier — Hurley US Open of Surfing, Huntington Beach, 2011

A freestyle motocross rider upside down above the stadium lights in an indoor arena — Rob Adelberg, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

A freestyle motocross rider flips above the flaming platform at Monster X in Mongolia — Monster X, Mongolia, 2018

Two jiu-jitsu students kneeling on the mat in front of a samurai mural — Peaceful Warrior Jiu-Jitsu

A sequence of freestyle motocross backflips against a dark arena crowd — Brian Deegan, Crusty Demons tour

An MMA fighter roars with arms spread inside the cage — MMA fighter, Triumph series

Two people in traditional regalia seated by a fire at dusk in the desert — Apache Chief Joseph Tiwa Bear Manzo, Coachella Valley

Aerial view of a pier and rolling waves at golden hour — Huntington Beach Pier, drone

A man in a Red Bull cap crouches beside a large fire in a forest — Robbie Maddison, fire shoot

A 360 degree panorama of a custom motorcycle shop with wooden rafters and bikes in progress — Matt Hotch, bike builder (360° panorama)

Behind the camera.

Forge Studio Collective is an Emmy Award-winning production crew and the team behind Crusty Demons of Dirt and Fleshwound Films. The crew made Unchained, the Netflix documentary that won the Emmy for Outstanding Long Sports Documentary.

Scotty Avalos is a cinematographer and editor on the Crusty Demons films, where he is still media director and handles VFX, compositing, cinematography and editing. He shoots 4K 3D VR on the Nokia OZO, and the work has taken him to Switzerland, Mexico, Mongolia, China and Australia.

Worked with
Crusty Demons of Dirt · Monster Energy · KROQ · Melbourne Renegades · No Fear · Rise Against · Tool · Blink-182 · Panic! At The Disco

Portrait of Scotty Avalos in a dark suit and tie — Scotty Avalos

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