Chanelle Tyson is a QBIPOC filmmaker. They are a native of High Point, North Carolina, which is best known as being the furniture capital of the world! But to Chanelle, the “high point” of living there was leaving there - a play on words that they overuse, much to the disdain of North Carolinians.
After being voted “Class Clown” at Southwest Guilford High School, Chanelle was off to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where they earned a BFA in Film and TV Production. Now they are based and work in Los Angeles.
As a filmmaker, Chanelle seeks to create empathy and solidarity through their work, which has been featured by The Advocate, streamed on Revry and screened at festivals. In 2016, Chanelle was a fellow of Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab. In 2018, Chanelle’s short film “Eden” won honorable mention at the Outfest Fusion One-Minute Movie Contest. Their written work reached the semi-finalist round the Screen Craft Short Film Production Fund in 2016 and the second round of the Sundance Development Track in 2019. In 2022, Chanelle was selected as a winner of the inaugural Concord Originals x Outfest Pitch Contest, where they were awarded funding for their short film “Artificial” which premiered at the 2023 Outfest Film Festival.
Most recently, “Artifical” was featured at the Whitney Museum in New York as a part of their 2024 Whitney Biennial, which is the longest running survey of American art.
But perhaps Chanelle’s greatest accomplishment is Sisqo following them on Instagram after he saw a video of their karaoke performance of “The Thong Song.” When not making movies or singing covers of 2000’s hip-hop masterpieces, Chanelle can be found asking their two cats, “Why are you so cute?”
For inquiries, please email Chanelle.
They can also be found on IMDB.