{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}} {{Infobox person | name = Chaz Thorne | image = Chaz Thorne.jpg | caption = Chaz Thorne on the set of the Eastlink TV show "Atlantic Filmmakers" during the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}} | birth_place = Bridgewater, Nova Scotia | occupation = Film director, actor, screenwriter }}
'''Chaz Thorne''' (born 1975 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian actor and television and film director.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bridgewater-born filmmaker helms third movie |author=Vernon Oickle |author-link=Vernon Oickle |url=http://www.southshorenow.ca/archives/2010/040610/arts/index007.php |newspaper=South Shore Now |date=4 June 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120912152407/http://www.southshorenow.ca/archives/2010/040610/arts/index007.php |archivedate=12 September 2012 }}</ref> He graduated from the National Theatre School in 1996. He has appeared on stages across Canada as well as in numerous film and television projects, including ''The Event'' and ''Lucky Girl''. Thorne founded Toronto's Jack in the Black Theatre in 1996.
His first film projects as writer and director were two half-hour comedies for CBC television: ''Table Dancer'' and ''One Hit Wonder''. His first feature film screenplay was produced in 2006 as ''Poor Boy's Game'', co-written and directed by Clément Virgo and starring Danny Glover. The horror film ''Just Buried''<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Buried|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/416540/Just-Buried/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403003150/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/416540/Just-Buried/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Jason Buchanan|date=2015|archive-date=2015-04-03}}</ref> was Thorne's directorial film debut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pulse feeble in 'Just Buried' |author=Jim Slotek |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Reviews/J/Just_Buried/2008/07/25/6261296-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311045036/http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Reviews/J/Just_Buried/2008/07/25/6261296-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |newspaper=Sun Media |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=26 March 2011}}</ref> His film, ''Whirlygig'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/en/news/whats-new/2010/07/01/interview-chaz-thorne |title=In Interview with Chaz Thorne |date=1 July 2010 |work=What's New |publisher=Telefilm Canada |accessdate=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918132648/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/en/news/whats-new/2010/07/01/interview-chaz-thorne |archive-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was featured in the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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