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Norwood Cheek
Norwood J. Cheek, Jr., aka Norwood Cheek, is an American director, producer, and editor of film and television. He is known for his music videos and his work with Super 8 film.
Cheek is from Eden, North Carolina and graduated from Morehead High School. He says, “I was drawn to the magical beauty of Super 8 film and started making short Super 8s in high school and through college." He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 with a degree in French.
After graduation, he continued living in Chapel Hill, playing music with the band Sex Police. Cheek said, “In 1991 I had a lot of black-and-white Super 8 film but didn't have an idea for a short. So I asked Superchunk if they wanted to do a music video—I was hooked ever since.” He began directing music videos for local bands and starting a film festival. In 1997, Cheek secured an agent and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue opportunities in the film industry.
In the early 1990s, Cheek began filming music videos for local bands, many of who were on the Chapel Hill-based indie labels Mammoth Records and Merge Records. He says, "I was one of the few people in town who had a 16mm camera. Of course, I was really into approaching these bands and saying, 'Let me make your video for you.'" He also directed a documentary on the Chapel Hill music scene called Young Rock/Chapel Hill (VHS, Mammouth,1994). The film featured 17 bands, including Archers of Loaf, Dillon Fence, Five Eight, Flat Duo Jets, Southern Culture on the Skids, Superchunk, and The Veldt. Cheek said, "I set out to do videos for basically every band in Chapel Hill."
In 1997, Cheek relocated to Los Angeles and worked with national acts. He has directed more than 60 music videos for bands such as 12 Stones, AFI, Ben Folds Five, The Beths, The Donnas, Eels, Five-Eight, French Kicks, She & Him, Soul Coughing, Superchunk, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Toenut, and Tsunami. Cheek shot more than half of these music videos using Super 8.
Cheek's short films have played in festivals around the world. In 1995, his film I dreamed and bluebird (1996) premiered at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1997, it won Best Experimental Film at the Carolina Film and Video Festival. In 2011, Cucalorus had a retrospective of 20 years of Cheek's short films and videos.
Cheek was a producer/editor for the films Bring It On (2000), May (2002), Down with Love (2004), Beowulf (2007), Yes Man (2008), Aliens in the Attic (2009), Yogi Bear (2010), and Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) and the television shows Celebrity Fitness Club, The Lowe Files, Nanny 911, The Profit, Survivor, Shahs of Sunset, and Shark Week.
Cheek's acting credits include voicing several guest characters in the King of the Hill and being commercials for IBM, Sony, and Volkswagen. He also has played credited small parts or extras in the films May (2002), Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). He is featured in the J. J. Abrams' Super 8 Blu-ray documentary 8mm Revolution.
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Norwood Cheek
Norwood J. Cheek, Jr., aka Norwood Cheek, is an American director, producer, and editor of film and television. He is known for his music videos and his work with Super 8 film.
Cheek is from Eden, North Carolina and graduated from Morehead High School. He says, “I was drawn to the magical beauty of Super 8 film and started making short Super 8s in high school and through college." He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 with a degree in French.
After graduation, he continued living in Chapel Hill, playing music with the band Sex Police. Cheek said, “In 1991 I had a lot of black-and-white Super 8 film but didn't have an idea for a short. So I asked Superchunk if they wanted to do a music video—I was hooked ever since.” He began directing music videos for local bands and starting a film festival. In 1997, Cheek secured an agent and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue opportunities in the film industry.
In the early 1990s, Cheek began filming music videos for local bands, many of who were on the Chapel Hill-based indie labels Mammoth Records and Merge Records. He says, "I was one of the few people in town who had a 16mm camera. Of course, I was really into approaching these bands and saying, 'Let me make your video for you.'" He also directed a documentary on the Chapel Hill music scene called Young Rock/Chapel Hill (VHS, Mammouth,1994). The film featured 17 bands, including Archers of Loaf, Dillon Fence, Five Eight, Flat Duo Jets, Southern Culture on the Skids, Superchunk, and The Veldt. Cheek said, "I set out to do videos for basically every band in Chapel Hill."
In 1997, Cheek relocated to Los Angeles and worked with national acts. He has directed more than 60 music videos for bands such as 12 Stones, AFI, Ben Folds Five, The Beths, The Donnas, Eels, Five-Eight, French Kicks, She & Him, Soul Coughing, Superchunk, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Toenut, and Tsunami. Cheek shot more than half of these music videos using Super 8.
Cheek's short films have played in festivals around the world. In 1995, his film I dreamed and bluebird (1996) premiered at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1997, it won Best Experimental Film at the Carolina Film and Video Festival. In 2011, Cucalorus had a retrospective of 20 years of Cheek's short films and videos.
Cheek was a producer/editor for the films Bring It On (2000), May (2002), Down with Love (2004), Beowulf (2007), Yes Man (2008), Aliens in the Attic (2009), Yogi Bear (2010), and Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) and the television shows Celebrity Fitness Club, The Lowe Files, Nanny 911, The Profit, Survivor, Shahs of Sunset, and Shark Week.
Cheek's acting credits include voicing several guest characters in the King of the Hill and being commercials for IBM, Sony, and Volkswagen. He also has played credited small parts or extras in the films May (2002), Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). He is featured in the J. J. Abrams' Super 8 Blu-ray documentary 8mm Revolution.