Film & Video

Growing up, I trained in many art forms, including writing, theatre, photography, music, art, and even advertising. Once I left high school and entered my adulthood, I quickly realized that film directing encompassed all the arts I loved into one. So I began learning everything I could about every area of film and video production. After almost two decades, I have gained experience in nearly every aspect of film and video development.

Currently, I am focused on producing several projects as writer, director and producer with my life partner and talented Director of Photography, Brandon Boggs. As a writer, I am drawn to historical fiction, intense dramas, dark comedies and stories that explore how people cope with loss. Project descriptions are included below.  

I’m also a huge fan of YouTube and the opportunity it brings for any and all creators. When I also developing content for a lifestyle channel that focuses on topics like healthy, creative living, and traveling with kids and pets.  

In 2008, I founded Austin Film Meet, an organization supporting filmmakers and video creators in Central Texas, the independent film capital of the world. Since then, our group has hosted over 450 events and served more than 10,000 people in their creative endeavors. Visit the Austin Film Meet Website

Cherdon has an amazing way about her in terms of thinking out of the box and motivating others.
~Ryan M., Audio Engineer

Current Film & Video Projects

Ambient Light
(in pre-production)
22-page historical drama screenplay
**Award Winning**
Written, Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.

In the 1880s, a rural Texas mother struggles with her husband to get what may be their only chance at a family photograph with their two children.

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Moontower
(in pre-production)
13-page historical drama screenplay

Written, Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.

  In 1918 Austin, a determined suffragist embarks on a perilous but crucial delivery.

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The Mockingbird Sings Loud and Clear
(in production)
30-min short drama film

Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.

A successful film producer set on avoiding a painful end from illness struggles with the decision of leaving her legacy of her female film team to her protégé.

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“Awesome in Austin” Freddie Pate Music Video – (available on YouTube) – music video
**Award Winning**
Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.

Texas Music Artist Freddie Pate has the time of his life in Austin.

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Josephine – (in development) – 8 page historical drama screenplay
Written, Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.
An extraordinary woman with four legs escapes her ordinary life in search of belonging and finds acceptance among the unacceptable in a circus sideshow.

The Delivery – (in development) – 14 page dark comedy screenplay
Written, Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.
An agoraphobic widow must overcome her fears to make a special delivery to an unexpected adversary and discovers new opportunity awaits her.

Sugar – (in development) – 6 page dark comedy screenplay
Written, Produced & Directed by H.Cherdon Bedford.
Weighed down by the conundrums of modern American society and a failed medical system, a lonely, elderly woman must escape her sickly fate for one last taste of freedom.

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