About KUED

Jeff Elstad

Producer

JEFF ELSTAD, after earning a Masters Degree from New York University, was an assistant editor on Ordinary Heroes (Valerie Bertinelli), an ABC Monday Night at the Movies presentation. Moving on to KUED, he has been an Associate Producer on twenty-six documentaries, seventeen of which were broadcast nationally. He has been cinematographer on three productions, No Safe Place was broadcast nationally on PBS and earned an IRIS award for cinematography. He has directed live television and produced a studio music special. He has diverse experience in most television genres including long form documentary, drama, dance, concerts, public affairs and live television.

Education

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) University of Memphis

Background

Producer - KUED

We Shall Remain - The Navajo (in production)
Yellowstone Serenade (Worldfest Houston - Gold Award)
Desert Serenade (Worldfest Charleston - Gold Award)
Pete Seeger: Visions of Children

(IRIS award - Best Locally Produced Entertainment Program)

(Worldfest Houston - Gold Special Jury Award)

Associate Producer - KUED/PBS

Wallace Stegner (in production)
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - PBS HD
Desert Wars - PBS
Wild River - PBS
Utah: The National Parks - PBS, PBS HD Channel
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail - PBS
The Great Salt Lake: America’s Legacy of Wetlands
River of Stone - The Discovery Channel
Artists of the West - PBS
Arctic Wars - PBS
The Snow Wolves - PBS
Return of the Wolves - PBS
Wild Horses, Wild Times - National Geographic Explorer
The Last Cowboys - PBS
The Winds of Time
A Darkening Sky
Utah: A Portrait
Lasts Lists - KUED television movie
Troubled Waters - PBS
Desert Dreams - Discovery Channel
A Day in the Life of the NBA
Elko: The Cowboy Gathering
Wings Toward Everest
The Making of Promised Land

Many of these documentaries have earned major awards including 10 national CINE Golden Eagle awards, 5 CINDY awards, 18 regional Emmy wins, and awards and recognitions from Houston, Charleston, San Francisco, New York Film Festivals.

Cinematographer