CHANDLER THORNTON
FILM EDITOR/FREELANCE FILMMAKER
Projects
Altered Images Of A Family Gathering (2025)
Logline: A presentation of photos taken at a family gathering that have been altered by an AI image generator.
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Directed and edited this.
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Official Selection of the Atlanta Immersion Film Festival 2025.
6 Rules of Directing by Kelly Reichardt (2025)
A video essay I made for a Directing II assignment at the University of North Georgia. The assignment was to research a filmmaker of our choice and present a set of rules said filmmaker follows when directing a film. In the past year, I've gotten into the work of Kelly Reichardt and she has quickly become one of my favorite directors.
Fleeting Places (2024)
Logline: Nearing the end of their college careers, two students spend the day editing a short film. Their futures loom over them. This is the last day before the rest.
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Directed and Co-Edited this project. Served as my capstone for my Bachelor of Science in Film & Digital Media.
Treehouse (2024)
Logline: One stormy night, two brothers struggle to come to terms with loss.
Made this with my best friend Alec. One of my personal favorite shorts I've made.
Piercing the Veil (2024)
Logline: A college student yearning for connection befriends something from the other side.
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Directed and edited this. Made for Directing II.
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Official Selection of the Cobb International Film Festival 2024, the Something Wicked Film Festival 2024, the Georgia Film Festival 2024, and the Atlanta Film Festival 2024.
Pretty Stranger (2023)
Logline: Julia is a student looking for a reprieve from the monotony of everyday life. One day she’s chanced upon by a stranger with a simple question: “Can I draw you?”
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Directed and edited this. Made for Directing I.
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Official Selection of the Summer in the South Film Festival 2023, Southern Shorts Awards Summer 2023, and the Georgia Film Festival 2023. Winner of "Best Student Film" at the Southern Shorts Awards.
Into the Depths (2023)
Logline: When Belle Moreau’s beloved aunt goes missing on an expedition in the Paris Catacombs, Belle and her witty best friend, Sawyer Evans, must solve the mystery of her disappearance. They search high and low for any clues as to what may have happened, undenounced to the two, a new opponent watches from a distance, eager to get information from Belle’s aunt.​
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Edited this.
Warmth (2021)
Logline: Christopher, a paranormal investigator, spends the night at the home of a friend after she sees something horrifying in her fireplace.​
Directed and edited this.
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Official Selection of the Something Wicked Film Festival 2022, the MonsterFlix Awards 2022, Sozo Bear Presents: A Night at The Movies 2022, the Georgia Film Festival 2022, and the Southern Shorts Awards Spring 2022. Winner of "Best Student Film" at the Southern Shorts Awards.
Feeling Better (2021)
Logline: Tre was just cheated on. Charlie wants to cheer him up. One night, out on the town. What could go wrong?
Directed and edited this. Made for Production I.
The Little Door (2021)
Logline: One night close to Halloween, a young man hears unexplainable scratching noises coming from behind a locked door in his room.
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Directed and edited this.​
Providence (2021)
Logline: After receiving a new project to develop from his agent, a young screenwriter struggles to understand a relatedness he feels with the source material. This progresses into a doubt over the nature of his reality.​
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Directed and edited this. Made with my best friend Alec.
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Official Selection of the Southern Horror Film Festival 2021. Winner of "Best Georgia Horror Short Film".
Halloween Alone (2020)
Logline: A teenager must face the horror of being paid a visit by an unwanted guest on Halloween night.
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Directed and edited this.
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Official Selection of the Georgia Film Festival 2021, the Bobcat Film Festival 2021, the Georgia Shorts Film Festival 2021, the SYNC Cinema Fest 2021, the Cobb International Film Festival 2021, the Horrorhound Film Festival Fall Edition 2021, Sozo Bear Presents: A Night at The Movies 2021, and the Urban Mediamakers Festival 2021.
The Unlocked Door (2020)
Logline: Kate makes a terrifying discovery in her room late one night.
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Directed and edited this. Made for the 72 Hour Horror Film Race 2020.​
Noose (2020)
Logline: Lola, an awkward high-schooler, returns home after an awful Homecoming experience. As she settles in for a restless night, a terrifying thought takes hold. After a night of feeling completely alone, she may not be.
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Directed and edited this.
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Official Selection of the Cyberspace Online Film Festival 2020 and the Golden Lion Awards Highschool Film Festival 2020.
Tartarus (2019)
Logline: A girl gets more than she bargained for as she and her small family of vigilantes seek to stop a mastermind from executing his grand plan.
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Edited this.
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Official Selection of the Georgia Film Festival 2019, the Rocket City Film Festival 2019, and the Rome International Film Festival 2019.