Norwood Cheek
Norwood Cheek is a filmmaker and has directed over 70 music videos for bands She & Him,[1] the EELS, Superchunk, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ben Folds Five, AFI,[2] Toenut, 12 Stones, French Kicks, the Donnas, Soul Coughing and many others.
He is the founder and creator of 10x10 - a music video documentary project.[3] 10x10 has been featured at the Atlantic Film Festival from 2008-2014, 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2011 and 2014 Cucalorus Film Festival.
His short films have played in festivals around the world. The Cucalorus Film Festival had a retrospective of his short films and videos in 2011.[4] He is featured in the JJ Abrams' Super 8 Blu-ray documentary "8mm Revolution".
He directed and ran the Flicker Film Festival [5] in Chapel Hill and Los Angeles from 1994-2010 and wrote the Flicker Guide to the World of Super 8 filmmaking. He also headed up the LA version of the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels from 2000-2010.
He produced CineFix[6] a YouTube premium channel from 2012-2013.
He developed, co-created and produced the hit animated series 8-bit Cinema[7] on YouTube.[8]
Other YouTube series he has produced, developed &/or created include:
- Homemade Movies
- Kill Phil
- Conspiracy Cinema
- Movies With Kate
- Wrong Director
- How To Become...
- Bit Rate
- FilmStrip
- 8-bit Game Review
TV & Feature Film Credits
- Produced, shot, and edited Life at Ponderosa web series for CBS Survivor seasons 16-26.[9]
- Director: USA Networks series GvsE [10]
- Producer Nanny 911
- Producer Celebrity Fit Club
- Producer V-spot web series VH1
- Producer Behind-the-scenes, EPK, and directed bonus features HBO First Look for many feature films including:
- We're The Millers
- Yes Man
- Observe & Report
- Bring It On
- Like Mike
- Down With Love
- The Man
- Yogi Bear
- Aliens In The Attic
- Stay
- Sleepover
He has directed and worked with actors including:
- Jim Carrey
- Kristen Wiig
- Jason Bateman
- Rhys Darby
- Jennifer Aniston
- Ewan McGregor
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Seth Rogen
- Aziz Ansari
- Zooey Deschanel
- T.J. Miller
Composer/song-writer
- Yes Man
- Bring It On
- Bandwagon
- 8-bit Game Reviews (web series composer)
- Observe & Report "Mall Security Infomercial"
- Cinefix Now! (web series song-writer)
Cinematographer
- over 500 webisodes for CBS, VH1, and YouTube
- feature documentary Dear Jesse
- Discovery Channel's "On The Inside"
On-Camera Commercial Work
- IBM
- Snickers
- VW
- Sony
- Budweiser
- Captain Morgans
VO
- 4 episodes of the animated show King of the Hill.
- FilmStrip on YouTube
- 8-bit Game Review on YouTube
References
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAgLIaHj0M&list=PLAB8CAB1C619B66EE&index=2
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPv6HRcs5F0&list=PLAB8CAB1C619B66EE&index=3
- ↑ http://www.atlanticfilm.com/industry/music-image/call-applications/10x10-music-video-mentorship
- ↑ http://www.cucalorus.org/film_Detail.asp?id=1456
- ↑ http://www.incite-online.net/beebe4.html
- ↑ http://www.cinefix.com
- ↑ http://regator.com/whatshot/Norwood+Cheek/
- ↑ http://laughingsquid.com/8-bit-cinema-anchorman-retold-in-3-animated-minutes/
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnR4WeyXVBXktwwML4w1xl-E7SNnIvlHi
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584821/
External links
Norwood Cheek at the Internet Movie Database