Charlie Thorne is an award winning director and photographer based in south London.
From the intimate to the epic, Charlie is capable of weaving sensitive and often intensely personal stories across multiple continents and landscapes, living confidently on the border between documentary and narrative styles.
As a keen photographer, Charlie also brings a sharp visual edge to his directing style, transforming the stories he is telling with an aesthetic more akin to the world of cinema.
His passion for socially conscious causes has seen him working with Refugees in Rome, Mental Health charities in Glasgow and ethical tea farmers in China, as well as with global brands such as airbnb, LinkedIn, Cancer Research and most recently Air China.
Charlie’s award winning work has been called sensitive, human, emotional, authentic, but never hyperbolic or self important which is so often the case with similar work - his films retain a ‘down to earth’ quality that separates him from his peers and keeps agencies and brands coming back for more.
Charlie is currently developing his first narrative short film.
Projects
- Airbnb - 'Open Homes'Short Documentary for Airbnb showcasing their amazing open homes initiative. Fode is a young Malian refugee taken in by Els, a Belgian airbnb host living in Rome. Both were fish out of water - one of them by choice, the other because of terrorism - an attack that forced Fode to leave Tripoli during the Arab spring in Libya in 2011.
- Visit Scotland - 'A Spirit of Its Own'Part of 12 films made for Visit Scotland to accompany a TV advertising campaign, highlighting the everyday lives and times of local Scottish characters, all real people. This film focuses on the life of a young scallop diver named Ben, who lives on the Isle of Skye and is learning the trade from his father David >>> WATCH FILM HERE <<<
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Projects credited in
- Fabrik Conditioner 18.12Creativity from across the Fabrik community featuring Joshua C. Fry, Jan Vhrovnik, Raquel Villa, Charlie Thorne, Ivan Hugo, Steven Jermaine, Gianni Casagrande, George Butler, April Larivee, Shafiur Rahman, Tasos Kosmatopoulo, Aurpera, Emily McEwan, Ash K. Halliburton, Marloes Pijfers, David Moran, Madalina Gaceanu, Shern Sharma, Shervin Etaat, Mathieu Drouet and Rich Caraballo.6
Work history
Skills
- Filmmaking
- Photography
- Treatments
- Creative Writing
- Painting
- Doodling
- Drums
Education
Producers MasterclassAPA
- London, United Kingdom
BA(Hons) Film StudiesKing's College London
- Strand, London, UK
Awards
Best TV/Cinema CampaignThe Drum
Scottish Association For Mental HealthBest Commercial Over 21 SecondsThe Drum
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