About Us

Meet our skilled team of aviation professionals
with a passion for cinematography
Scratch Mitchell
President, Pilot, Creative Director

Scratch combines his extensive background as a fighter pilot, Snowbird Lead, aerial coordinator, and filmmaker to bring the essential elements together at the Film Knight. Along with his team of cinematography and aviation experts, he brings military precision, creativity, and safety to every mission.

Biff Jones
Business Development, Operations

Biff is a retired RCAF tactical C130 pilot with extensive experience in aviation, technology, engineering, and project management. His mission statement is pretty simple…Do cool stuff with great people!

Todd Lemieux
Flight Operations

A passionate aerobatic pilot and Warbird owner, Todd’s experience as a professional engineer and project manager make him the perfect fit for the critical Flight Safety and Operations role.

David ’Shep’ Shepheard
Business Development, Production Liason

Shep brings a lifelong love of aviation and 3 decades of film and tv production experience to the BD and Production Liaison role.

Domingo Vergoossen
Immersive Content

The recognized authority on immersive and experiential content - from roller coaster to flying theatre design.

Nicole Richard
Marketing, Client Services

Nicole brings 20+ years of Sales and Marketing experience to the Film Knight team. Her primary role is to ensure every mission is completed smoothly and the client experience is top notch.

Dave O'Malley
Creative Director, Graphic Design

Dave has been designer and creative director with Aerographics for 49 years, specializing in a wide spectrum of aviation projects —branding, lobbying, livery design, illustration, books, writing and film.

As our primary Director Of Photography, Blue Sky brings decades of aerial cinematography experience to the team

Peter Degerfeldt
Aerial Director of Photography

One of the world's top aerial Cinematographers, working with the most advanced aerial gimbal system available.

Vicky Degerfeldt
Gimbal Technician/Logistics

Vicky takes care of all things technical with the GSS 520 gyro system, from preparing the cameras and lenses to installation of the gimbal system on the Film Knight platforms.

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