

Granite Flats is about a small town near a military base in the 1960s. The show’s first season, aired in 2012 and received very positive reviews and a very large fan following. Swofford is director of BYUtv’s family drama television series, Granite Flats. He also created the BYUtv vision, a revolutionary sister channel to KBYU-TV, which ventured into scripted dramas with the premier of Granite Flats. His filmography includes Seasons of the Heart (1993), Rigoletto (1993), The Great American West (1995), Olympic Glory (1999), The Testaments: One Fold and One Shepherd (2000), The Work and the Glory (2004), and The Work and the Glory: American Zion (2005). He is the creative mind behind the “I’m a Mormon” publicity campaign for the Church of Jesus Christ.Īfter leaving BYU Broadcasting, Swofford was president of Radiant Studios, part of Deseret Management Corporation. He is the former director of media for the missionary department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he is a member. He was also the BYU ( Brigham Young University) Broadcasting creative director and director of content for BYUtv from 2010 to 2016. Besides Roving Mars for Disney, he produced the $100 million IMAX hit Mysteries of Egypt for National Geographic, Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure for NOVA, and Amazon, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He has shot film in 55 different countries. Scott Swofford is an American film and IMAX producer.
