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Chel White

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Chel White. May 2014.
Chel White is an American film, television and music video director, as well as composer, screenwriter, and visual effects supervisor. He is co-founder of the international production company Bent Image Lab in Portland, Oregon, along with co-founders Ray Di Carlo and David Daniels.

In his independent films, White is known for his stylized, often experimental use of animation and first person narratives told from the perspective of the outsider. A Rockefeller Fellow, he frequently uses allegory and black humor to depict the human experience, exploring topics of love, obsession, alienation and dreams. He describes his own work as "stories and images that reside on the brink of dreams, or linger on the periphery of distorted memories." He has made three films based on the work of Peabody Award winning writer and radio personality Joe Frank ("Dirt," "Soulmate," and "Magda"). The films Chel White made in the '80s to the early '90s are largely about the playful interactions of music and animated imagery.

Chel White has directed music videos for Radiohead's lead singer Thom Yorke ("Harrowdown Hill," Best Music Video SXSW 2007), Chrysta Bell & David Lynch {"Bird of Flames"), The Melvins, Tom Brosseau, Candlebox, and collaborated with the Oregon Symphony. He has worked extensively with film director Gus Van Sant, creating visual effects on several of Van Sant's projects, including "Milk" and "Paranoid Park." White has directed television programs for Hallmark, Will Vinton Studios and parody shorts for Saturday Night Live.
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  • Awards
    • 39 wins & 8 nominations

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Chel White (in sunglasses) directing Bucksville.
Laura McGie and Chel White on the set of Bucksville.

Known for:

Bucksville (2011)
Bucksville
5.5
  • Director
  • 2011
Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha) (1991)
Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)
7.2
Short
  • Director
  • 1991
Magda (2004)
Magda
6.5
Short
  • Director
  • 2004
A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (in Less Than 60 Seconds) (2005)
A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (in Less Than 60 Seconds)
6.5
Short
  • Director
  • 2005

Credits

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Director

  • Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion
    • Director (segment Mr. French's Secret)
    • Short
    • 2022
  • The One-Minute Memoir (2020)
    The One-Minute Memoir
    • Director (segment Dreams of a Fallen Astronaut)
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017)
    Filmmakers Unite (FU)
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror) (2017)
    Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror)
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction (2016)
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star (2012)
    Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Chrysta Bell in David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames (2012)
    David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 2012
  • Jingle All the Way (2011)
    Jingle All the Way
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2011
  • Bucksville (2011)
    Bucksville
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Kristen Wiig in SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
    SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
    • Director (segment Saturday TV Funhouse)
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Wind (2007)
    Wind
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate Crisis (2007)
    Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate Crisis
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2007
  • Live Earth (2007)
    Live Earth
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2007
  • Thom Yorke in Harrowdown Hill (2006)
    Harrowdown Hill
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2006

Producer

  • Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror) (2017)
    Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror)
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Chrysta Bell in David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames (2012)
    David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames
    • executive producer
    • Music Video
    • 2012
  • Bucksville (2011)
    Bucksville
    • executive producer
    • 2011
  • Trees
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Krill Is Gone
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Wind (2007)
    Wind
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Thom Yorke in Harrowdown Hill (2006)
    Harrowdown Hill
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (in Less Than 60 Seconds) (2005)
    A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (in Less Than 60 Seconds)
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • Magda (2004)
    Magda
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Aniko White in Passage (2002)
    Passage
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Randy Russell in Soulmate (2000)
    Soulmate
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2000
  • Dirt (1998)
    Dirt
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1998
  • Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha) (1991)
    Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1991
  • Machine Song
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1987

Writer

  • Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • The One-Minute Memoir (2020)
    The One-Minute Memoir
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017)
    Filmmakers Unite (FU)
    • Writer
    • 2017
  • Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror) (2017)
    Little Donnie (the Ten Inch Terror)
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction (2016)
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction
    • adaptation
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star (2012)
    Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star
    • story
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Jingle All the Way (2011)
    Jingle All the Way
    • story development (as Bent Image Lab)
    • TV Movie
    • 2011
  • Bucksville (2011)
    Bucksville
    • screenplay co-writer
    • 2011
  • Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha) (1991)
    Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1991

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Bent Image Lab
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)

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    Chel White describes his independent films as often containing "stories and images that reside on the brink of dreams, or linger on the periphery of distorted memories." Examples of this can be seen in his short films "Choreography for Copy Machine", "Dirt" and "Magda".

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