 Currently based in San Francisco, Scantlebury was born in Annandale, Virginia in 1955, and attended Virginia Commonwealth University.In 1981, Scantlebury became a member (performer and crew) of The Video Band, for which he edited a series of experimental music videos released in the early 1980s.Scantlebury became one of the first editors to edit feature films on video, beginning in 1987 with the Tom Waits concert film "Big Time" (1988).