Ice
On Ice
for 25 Years
Ice
On Ice
for 25 Years
Company Bio
The Ultimate Glacier Filming Locations Scouting,
Production Management & Consulting!
Ad Hoc Services & Solutions:
Glacier, Iceberg & Snow Locations permits
Wilderness Production Management
Risk Consulting/Mountain guides and safety units
Remote Medical Services
Helicopter and Fixed wing logistics
Gear & Equipment Outfitting
Field Catering & Crew Comfort
Technical Crevasse Rigging
Drone filming certified FAA 14 CFR part 107
Alaska SAG-AFTRA stunt planning and coordinating
Non-union safety consulting
Alaskan Natural History Research and fixing
Company Bio
The Ultimate Glacier Filming Locations Scouting,
Production Management & Consulting!
Ad Hoc Services & Solutions:
Glacier, Iceberg & Snow Locations permits
Wilderness Production Management
Risk Consulting/Mountain guides and safety units
Remote Medical Services
Helicopter and Fixed wing logistics
Gear & Equipment Outfitting
Field Catering & Crew Comfort
Technical Crevasse Rigging
Drone filming certified FAA 14 CFR part 107
Alaska SAG-AFTRA stunt planning and coordinating
Non-union safety consulting
Alaskan Natural History Research and fixing
While Glacier Film Productions LLC primarily operates in Alaska— our team of snow, ice and mountain specialists work globally with experience in: Australia, Austria, Antarctica, Afghanistan, Africa, Argentina, Bolivia, Belize, Canada, Chile, Caribbean, Egypt, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Nepal, New Zealand, Maldives, Pakistan, Peru, Mexico, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA and more...
GP has production management and accounting experience working on Features, Documentaries, Television, Commercials, Print and Lifestyle Photo Shoots. Our experience with strategic and creative problem solving skills will benefit the final outcome and quality of your film project. Contact us for references, resumes and accomplished projects from satisfied clients.
Bios
Bios:
Bios
Bios:
Matt was the State of Alaska Film Industry Representative in 2014-15. He worked with United Talent Agency in LA to bring film productions to Alaska. For 6 years, Matt sat on the Board of Directors of the Alaska Film Group, the nonprofit trade organization which helped sponsor the Alaska Film Incentive Law.
He was the first local producer to go through the AK Film Incentive process. As a member of SAG-AFTRA he is the go-to guy for Alaskan wilderness stunt coordinating and second unit management. For 27 years, Matt worked as a guide for GP’s sister company, Ascending Path LLC; South Central Alaska's premier summer glacier hiking tour company. AP is now under new ownership as of 2022.
Matt has been skiing for 47 years and climbing for over 35. He is an Eagle Scout and first tied into a rope in 1987. In 1995 Matt founded Ascending Path LLC and guided full time until he and his wife and partner Heather, sold the company in 2022.
Matt has mountaineering ascents in Nepal, Peru, Argentina, New Zealand, Antarctica and Alaska. Highlights of his experience include: Ama Dablam, Big Walls in Yosemite, M6 in Canada, 5.12 in CO and a 10-pitch first ascent in New Zealand (back in the day). Matt has climbed Denali 10 times (5 summits) and first ascents in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
He has WFR certs from SOLO and WMA, Avalanche 2, ASA 103, White Water Rescue 3 Technician, FEMA ICS certs. and was an AMGA Certified Guide (SPI).
Matt Szundy
Matt is a SAG-AFTRA stunt coordinator, climbing guide, and safety and rigging expert. He is the former Alaska State Film Rep for the DCCED and over 20 years he has helped produce dozens of film projects. Matt holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology with an emphasis in Human Potential and Flow State.
Matt has a passion for managing extreme risk (assessing probability and consequence). He worked for 3 years as a Field Safety/Survival Instructor for the US Antarctic Program. He ran the joint US-NZ Antarctic SAR Team in 2004/05, has attended several Rigging for Rescue Courses and volunteered for 2 seasons on Denali as a NPS VIP/Search and Rescue Ranger.
Having sold their tourism business, Ascending Path, Matt and Heather moved to Bend Oregon, where they continue to contract services to several return clients- including the DoD and Natural History Documentaries. GP retains a curated team of trusted and vetted operators for contracting to your project.
Heather Szundy
Heather is 50% co-owner of GP and has spent the last 25 years as CFO for this and its sister tourism business, Ascending Path.
In 1991, at age 14, Heather took a life changing trip to Alaska from the desert of Tucson, Arizona. She has been a mountain athlete ever since. In 1992, she started spending summers in Alaska as a nanny and moved up permanently in 1999. Since meeting Matt on Denali, Heather has been integral in growing GP into the lively business it is today. Heather and Matt bootstrapped AP's day trip business in Alaska together from the ground up.
Heather is GP's CFO, marketing and sales director, graphic designer, works on film-projects and guides as well. Her climbing experience includes routes in the Himalayas, the Ruth Gorge, Bugaboos, the Gunks, Squamish, Joshua Tree, Thailand, New Zealand and Antarctica. She has climbed Denali twice and worked 2 seasons in at McMurdo Station, Antarctica helping manage the Crary Lab and the SAR team.
Heather has a WFR, Level 1 Avi, ASA 103, and has taken the AMGA's single pitch-instructor course. She holds a BS in Microbiology/Pre-Med and is a certified 200YT Hatha yoga teacher. Entrepreneur of 3 businesses, in 2006 she founded Medical Scribes, LLC which proved successful in paving the way for all ER doctors at Providence Hospital in Anchorage to have scribes taking patient notes. Having sold Ascending Path LLC in 2022, her new focus is to grow GP, the subsidiary and film production company. Her passions include: skiing, mountain biking, climbing and hiking, design, gardening, travel, yoga, making jewelry, and Naturopathic medicine. She thrives in Bend, Oregon with her husband and business partner, Matt and their son.