Director Research- Chel White

Chel White is an American film director, music video director, animator, screenwriter, and visual effects supervisor on feature films. He is the co-founder of an international production company called Bent Image Lab. He is known for his first person narratives and stylized use of images. Chel white's films explore love, obsession, memories, and dreams. There are usually hidden meanings and black humor within his films which portray stories of the human experience. Narratives are used to shows views of an individual.
The 2006 music video of Thom Yorke's Harrowdown Hill won the award for Best Music Video at the 2006 SXSW(South by Southwest) Festival.

Feature films- Fever Dreams and Heavenly Nightmares: The Short Films of Chel White (2005)

Short films- Wind (2007)
A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process in Less Than 60 Seconds (2005)
Magda (2004)
Eclipse (2003)
Passage (2001)
Soulmate (2000)
Dirt (1998)
Choreography for Copy Machine (or Photocopy Cha Cha) (1991)
Machine Song (1987)
Metal Dogs of India (1985)

Videography- Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (2006)
Cottonmouth, Texas - Hoops, Ugly People, Me and My Last 4 Bucks (1997)
Season to Risk - Blood Ugly (1994)
Melvins - Hooch (1993)

Commercials- Lux - Provocateur (2006)
Washington State Department of Health - Park and Rec Room (2005)
OfficeMax - Santa's Helper (2005)
Fila - Mashburn (1994)

A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process [In Less Than 60 Seconds]
by Chel White-

A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process [In Less Than 60 Seconds] from chel white on Vimeo.

This short film is narrated and is very fast paced. It tells a story of a man who's having writers block and is finding it difficult to find inspiration. I really like how fast it is which makes the viewers engaged and attentive.

Choreography for Copy Machine [Photocopy Cha Cha] (excerpt)
by Chel White

Choreography for Copy Machine [Photocopy Cha Cha] (excerpt) from chel white on Vimeo.

This is a kind of experimental film which was made using scanners. This is also quite fast paced and very interesting to look at. He has used different colours and objects to make the video look more abstract. The people's face's are also very distorted which makes them look scary, however, with the combination of the music, the viewers will most likely laugh it at and find it humorous.

The Wind by Chel White


This video is different to the two above as it is much slower. It uses time lapse footage as 'Harrowdown Hill' does as well. It contains a message showing the human impact on the world and how we are destroying it.