Alex Chandon (born 3 November 1968 in

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) is a film director, writer and digital artist.

Biography

Directing career

His early films, '' Drillbit'' and '' Bad Karma'', featured many musicians from the UK anarcho punk scene, notably Ben Bethell, Dan MacCintyre, William 'Bill' Corbett from The Apostles and Julian Portinari from

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''Cradle of Fear''

His highest-profile release to date is ''

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'', starring

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in a leading role, and other members of

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''Borderline''

Chandon was once known primarily for specialising in straight-to-video micro-budget horror films, but his latest projects, especially ''Borderline'' (2006), featuring music by

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, show a more mature side to his work. ''Borderline'' has now been chosen for the British Film Institute's National Archive.

''Inbred''

Chandon directed the £1,000,000 project ''Inbred'', which was shot in July 2010 in the market town of

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. The script for the black comedy horror film was co-written by Paul Shrimpton.

''Teleportal''

Chandon's short ''Teleportal'', the script for which was adapted from

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, was made into a short film. The short premiered on 16 September 2009 and was released as segment of the anthology film ''Zombieworld'' in February 2015 on DVD.

Music videos

Chandon's relationship with

has also produced music videos for the songs "

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", "No Time to Cry" and "

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", as well as documentaries on their DVDs '' PanDaemonAeon'' and '' Heavy, Left-handed and Candid''.The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre: Alex Chandon
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Filmography

Music videos

References

External links

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