Heliotrope Studios Ltd.

About Us

Boyd Estus is a motion picture Director of Photography and Producer/Director whose credits include the Academy Award winning "The Flight of the Gossamer Condor" and the Academy Award nominee "Eight Minutes to Midnight" as well as many Emmy winning television productions. He is noted for his elegant work in 35mm, Super-16mm and 16mm film, and in standard, digital and HD video. He has shot and/or directed a wide range of material from feature films to cinema verité documentaries on locations around the world.

Mr. Estus has made films for many of the celebrated television series on PBS (e.g., NOVA, Frontline, The American Experience, Eyes on the Prize), the BBC and other overseas broadcasters, commercial television networks (e.g., the long-running Unsolved Mysteries, Discover, Spenser For Hire), the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, leading corporations and independent film producers.