Alexis Chandon is a film director, writer and digital artist.

Directing career

His early films, Drillbit

Drillbit (film)

Drillbit is a low-budget short horror film directed by Alex Chandon and stars Ben Befell, Tom Cox and Saul Brignell.-Plot:An employee detects a pharmaceutical company's sinister plan within the executive office, he will be wiped out and his entire family...

and Bad Karma featured many musicians from the UK anarcho punk scene, notably Ben Bethell, Dan MacCintyre, William 'Bill' Corbett

William 'Bill' Corbett

William 'Bill' Corbett is a musician, historian, disc jockey and photographer who lives in London, England.Corbett was one of the founding members of The Apostles, an anarcho-punk band that formed in Hackney in 1979...

 and Julian Portinari from, The Apostles

The Apostles

The Apostles are an experimental punk rock band who developed within the confines of the 1980s Anarcho Punk scene in the UK, but did not necessarily adhere to the aesthetics of that movement.-History:...

 and Pallor

Pallor

Pallor is a reduced amount of oxyhaemoglobin in skin or mucous membrane, a pale color which can be caused by illness, emotional shock or stress, stimulant use, lack of exposure to sunlight, anaemia or genetics....

, respectively.

Cradle of Fear

His highest-profile release to date is Cradle of Fear

Cradle of Fear

Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...

, starring Dani Filth

Dani Filth

Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the metal band Cradle of Filth.-Personal life:...

 in a leading role, and other members of Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...

 in cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

s.

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 The Dark Poets

The Dark Poets

Dubbed "Drum and Bass for Goths" The Dark Poets are an electronic [Rock]/breakbeat outfit from the UK.-Background:The Dark Poets originally rose to prominence with their soundtrack for Alex Chandon's cult Cradle of Filth horror movie 'Cradle of Fear'. - Which gained the attention of Some Bizzare...

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

Inbred

Chandon will direct the £1,000,000 project Inbred, which will shoot in July 2010 in the market town of Thirsk

Thirsk

Thirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The local travel links are located a mile from the town centre to Thirsk railway station and to Durham Tees Valley Airport...

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

Music videos

Chandon's relationship with Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...

 has also produced video clips for the songs "From the Cradle to Enslave

PanDaemonAeon

PanDaemonAeon is a DVD by extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, originally released on VHS in 1999, and surfacing on disc in 2002. It is primarily a showcase for the band's first ever promo video for the song From the Cradle to Enslave, taken from the EP of the same name...

", "No Time to Cry" and "Her Ghost in the Fog", as well as documentaries on their DVDs PanDaemonAeon

PanDaemonAeon

PanDaemonAeon is a DVD by extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, originally released on VHS in 1999, and surfacing on disc in 2002. It is primarily a showcase for the band's first ever promo video for the song From the Cradle to Enslave, taken from the EP of the same name...

and Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid

Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid

Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid is a DVD release by Cradle of Filth, from the 2001 Midian Tour. Eleven Burial Masses was filmed at Nottingham Rock City on April 14, 2001. The live album Live Bait for the Dead contains the same concert. The later release Eleven Burial Masses contains both the CD and...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...	Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...	Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...	Actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...	Editor	Cinematography Cinematography Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...	Role
1982	Nightmare
1988	Chainsaw Scumfuck Chainsaw Scumfuck Chainsaw Scumfuck is a low-budget hypertrash short horror film directed by Alex Chandon.-Plot:A madman breaks into a house with an chainsaw and kills a group of teenagers. It was inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.-Relese:...
1989	Bad Manor
1991	Bad Karma							Shape Shifter
1992	Drillbit Drillbit (film) Drillbit is a low-budget short horror film directed by Alex Chandon and stars Ben Befell, Tom Cox and Saul Brignell.-Plot:An employee detects a pharmaceutical company's sinister plan within the executive office, he will be wiped out and his entire family...
1997	Night Pastor Night Pastor Night Pastor is a short horror film directed by Alex Chandon and stars Neil Keenan and Matt Russel.-Plot:The Night Pastor, a Jesus blending, prevails in the city by force of law and order! The long-haired priest, with God's blessing and lead-based arguments going against the prevailing sins of his...
	Pervirella Pervirella Pervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her.-Plot:...							Savage Dynamite
1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag...							Art Department
	Cradle of Filth: Pandaemonaeon PanDaemonAeon PanDaemonAeon is a DVD by extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, originally released on VHS in 1999, and surfacing on disc in 2002. It is primarily a showcase for the band's first ever promo video for the song From the Cradle to Enslave, taken from the EP of the same name...							Co-Director
	Siamese Cop
	Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft							Agent Roberts
2000	Peaches							Storyboards
2001	Cradle of Fear Cradle of Fear Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
2003	The Sick Room
2005	BV-01							Voice-Over
2006	Borderline
2007	Gerry Judah
	Slash Hive							Digital FX
2008	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...							Digital FX
	Neon Killer							Digital FX
	Comedy Lab - Peter Slater							Digital FX
2010	Inbred Inbred (film) Inbred is a 2011 horror film directed by Alex Chandon and co-written with Paul Shrimpton.-Plot:Youth offenders sentenced to community service with their supervisors are taken out into the countryside to a remote Yorkshire village...

Musicvideos

Year	Title
1999	"From the Cradle to Enslave From the Cradle to Enslave From the Cradle to Enslave is an EP by Cradle of Filth. It contains two original tracks; the title track and "Of Dark Blood and Fucking". The rest of the disc consists of two cover versions and a re-recording of a track from the album Dusk... and Her Embrace... " by Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
2000	"Her Ghost in the Fog" by Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
2001	"Born in a Burial Gown" by Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
	"No Time to Cry" by Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
	"Scorched Earth Erotica" by Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
2007	"Insect" by Mainstream Distortion
2008	"KONFAB" by Runonsentence
	"Batcat" by Mogwai Mogwai The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
2010	"Its So Cold" by The Dark Poets The Dark Poets Dubbed "Drum and Bass for Goths" The Dark Poets are an electronic [Rock]/breakbeat outfit from the UK.-Background:The Dark Poets originally rose to prominence with their soundtrack for Alex Chandon's cult Cradle of Filth horror movie 'Cradle of Fear'. - Which gained the attention of Some Bizzare...
	"Endless Zoom" by The Dark Poets The Dark Poets Dubbed "Drum and Bass for Goths" The Dark Poets are an electronic [Rock]/breakbeat outfit from the UK.-Background:The Dark Poets originally rose to prominence with their soundtrack for Alex Chandon's cult Cradle of Filth horror movie 'Cradle of Fear'. - Which gained the attention of Some Bizzare...
	"Sarah's Tribute to Oscar Wilde" by The Dark Poets The Dark Poets Dubbed "Drum and Bass for Goths" The Dark Poets are an electronic [Rock]/breakbeat outfit from the UK.-Background:The Dark Poets originally rose to prominence with their soundtrack for Alex Chandon's cult Cradle of Filth horror movie 'Cradle of Fear'. - Which gained the attention of Some Bizzare...

External links

• Interview with Alex Chandon 2011 (video) at 9. Weekend of Horrors