Chelsea Christer

Originally from a horse ranch in Colorado, Chelsea Christer began her filmmaking career in San Francisco. Her feature-length directorial debut, the award-winning music documentary BLEEDING AUDIO, screened at nearly twenty festivals including Slamdance. BLEEDING AUDIO released in May 2022 to critical acclaim. As both a fiction and non-fiction writer/director, Chelsea focuses on character-driven narratives often exploring themes of identity, ambition, and human connection. Her recent narrative short HOLDING ON FOREVER is currently on the film festival circuit, while her upcoming unscripted comedy TV series NOBODY ASKED will premiere on Dropout in 2024. Her latest short, the extremely dark comedy OUT FOR DELIVERY, will premiere at festivals in 2025. Chelsea has produced and directed brand documentaries and commercials for tech giants like Google and Adobe, spanning from the US to Japan, Europe, Australia, and rural India. Chelsea is an engaged member of the film community, having volunteered 15 years at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as contributing as a programmer and juror for Slamdance, Cinequest, and more.

Format: Unscripted Features, Scripted Shorts, Scripted Episodic, Unscripted Episodic, Scripted Feature

Genre: Music

Location: San Francisco, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States

George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award - Slamdance - 2021

Audience Award Best Documentary - Cinequest - 2020

Audience Award Best Documentary - SFDocFest - 2020

Best Music Documentary - Oxford Film Festival - 2021

Audience Award Best Documentary - Dances With Films - 2020