Chel White

Visual Effects

Chel White

Known for

Visual Effects

Credits

33 titles

Chel White is an American film director, commercial and music video director, composer, actor, screenwriter, and visual effects supervisor on feature films.

Known for

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues poster
4.3

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994

Jingle All the Way poster
6.0

A spirited Husky puppy looking for a home at a Christmas tree farm instantly bonds with a young boy visiting with his parents. As the boy rides away, unable to keep him, the pup escapes and embarks on a snowy journey to find his friend again.

Jingle All the Way

2011

Wind poster
NR

A poem by Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly and read by Alec Baldwin, is poetically depicted in Wind, an allegorical perspective on climate change.

Wind

2007

Harrowdown Hill poster
NR

Visually compelling and quietly intense, Harrowdown Hill is a bird's eye view of some of society's biggest challenges, including governmental secrecy, disinformation, climate change and petroleum consumption

Harrowdown Hill

2006

History, Mystery & Odyssey: Six Portland Animators poster
NR

Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators and animation directors. These multi-award-winning artists are Jim Blashfield, Rose Bond, Joan C. Gratz, Zak Margolis, Joanna Priestley and Chel White. Their animated films span a period of over 40 years and reflect a wide range of techniques, from direct animation and classic stop-motion, through 3D models, clay painting, computer-generated imagery up to AI. History, Mystery & Odyssey is entirely filmed in Portland Oregon, where all these animators live and work.

History, Mystery & Odyssey: Six Portland Animators

2023

Passage poster
7.0

Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a visual poem in which not all is lost to the corruption of the human spirit.

Passage

2002

Film credits

Behind the camera

Jingle All the Way poster
6.0

A spirited Husky puppy looking for a home at a Christmas tree farm instantly bonds with a young boy visiting with his parents. As the boy rides away, unable to keep him, the pup escapes and embarks on a snowy journey to find his friend again.

Jingle All the Way

2011

Wind poster
NR

A poem by Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly and read by Alec Baldwin, is poetically depicted in Wind, an allegorical perspective on climate change.

Wind

2007

Harrowdown Hill poster
NR

Visually compelling and quietly intense, Harrowdown Hill is a bird's eye view of some of society's biggest challenges, including governmental secrecy, disinformation, climate change and petroleum consumption

Harrowdown Hill

2006

Passage poster
7.0

Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a visual poem in which not all is lost to the corruption of the human spirit.

Passage

2002

Passage poster
7.0

Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a visual poem in which not all is lost to the corruption of the human spirit.

Passage

2002

Bucksville poster
2.0

In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.

Bucksville

2011

Bucksville poster
2.0

In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.

Bucksville

2011

Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star poster
5.8

Jingle the Husky Pup and his buddy Andrew meet some new friends. A girl Andrew's age, Sofia, and her Husky pup, Bell, have moved from sunny Palm City to Pineville weeks before Christmas. With no friends yet and not knowing what to expect, Sofia and Bell's world is upside down and it looks like it might be the worst Christmas ever. But with a little help from Jingle and Andrew, Sofia and Bell will soon discover that Christmas joy isn't about where you are -- it's about who you are with!

Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star

2012

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction poster
6.0

When young Rudolph is teased for his red nose and runs away from Christmastown, he sets off on a series of adventures, meets new friends Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius along the way, and escapes the clutches of the Abominable Snow Monster. When an epic snowstorm threatens Christmas, can he rescue his family and friends and help Santa save the holiday?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction

2016

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction poster
6.0

When young Rudolph is teased for his red nose and runs away from Christmastown, he sets off on a series of adventures, meets new friends Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius along the way, and escapes the clutches of the Abominable Snow Monster. When an epic snowstorm threatens Christmas, can he rescue his family and friends and help Santa save the holiday?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4D Attraction

2016

Eclipse poster
NR

In "Eclipse" enigmatic images trail the path of a poem, exploring one aspect of grief when a life is eclipsed. The often-controversial subject of a woman's right to choose is depicted from a perspective that is pointedly more personal than political.

Eclipse

2004

Eclipse poster
NR

In "Eclipse" enigmatic images trail the path of a poem, exploring one aspect of grief when a life is eclipsed. The often-controversial subject of a woman's right to choose is depicted from a perspective that is pointedly more personal than political.

Eclipse

2004

The One-Minute Memoir poster
NR

When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she wasn’t sure what to expect—after prompting them to make a “one-minute memoir,” she let them figure out the rest. The One-Minute Memoir is the exuberant result: eleven stories ranging from the heartfelt to the absurd, all reflective of each director’s personal style.

The One-Minute Memoir

2020

Une surprise pour Noël poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Une surprise pour Noël

2015

No artwork available
NR

A look at the mechanized nature of modern times.

Machine Song

1987

No artwork available
NR

Through metaphor and visual abstraction, No More is an experimental video about love, loss and memories of years long gone. The animated imagery is created by running original photographs and xerography through an AI application. The song is by David Lynch’s music collaborator Dean Hurley.

No More

2022

Little Donnie poster
1.0

A dark parody of the 1975 made-for-TV horror film Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black. However, rather than being terrorized by fetish doll, it is Donald Trump.

Little Donnie

2017

Filmmakers Unite (FU) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Filmmakers Unite (FU)

2017

No artwork available
5.0

Short avant garde film. Views of rippling water.

Wet

1984

Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha) poster
5.2

Sequence of images created using a photocopier.

Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)

1991

No artwork available
NR

Chel White.

Jump Cut

1987

The Artist in Me poster
NR

A short documentary following 19-year-old Amanda Dunbar, who shares her thoughts on being an artist alongside a group of children in her art class. This documentary is included as a special feature on the 2002 Barbie as Rapunzel DVD.

The Artist in Me

2002

No artwork available
NR

Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the subconscious, or somewhere.

A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (In Less Than 60 Seconds)

2005

Dirt poster
5.0

A man's strange obsession with dirt starts as a childhood game but eventually manifests on a surreal level.

Dirt

1998

Soulmate poster
4.0

Soulmate is a complex study of alienation and obsession. Told from the perspective of a middle-aged woman, the film explores longing and objectification through the story of a landlady and her young male tenant.

Soulmate

2000

Soulmate poster
4.0

Soulmate is a complex study of alienation and obsession. Told from the perspective of a middle-aged woman, the film explores longing and objectification through the story of a landlady and her young male tenant.

Soulmate

2000

No artwork available
9.0

The concept of visual music is explored in this quirky collage of imagery animated directly onto the celluloid surface of 16mm film. In the spirit of Dada, there are recurring themes that include graphic abstraction, mechanical rhythms and the absurd.

Metal Dogs of India

1985

Dream No. 631 poster
NR

An experimental film by Chel White

Dream No. 631

2004

Magda poster
6.1

A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.

Magda

2004

Magda poster
6.1

A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.

Magda

2004