Thornton & Associates

Seasoned professionals, Thornton & Associates bring added value to any project with our "hands on" experience in every aspect of production. We have managed numerous award-winning television, film and corporate communications projects around the globe.

Who We Are

Based in Los Angeles, CA since 1989 with an office in Atlanta, GA and Associates throughout the country, award-winning television and corporate communications specialists, Thornton & Associates has years of experience in broadcast TV, film and corporate video including:

• Co-Creator / Producer of several popular network series for FOX, MTV, DirecTV, ENCORE, STARZ and SHOWTIME, and television production for NBC, CBS, ABC, WB, UPN, CNN, HBO, E!, Lifetime, ESPN, Discovery, VH-1 and CMT.

• Corporate video projects for such clients as; Disney, Coca-Cola, BP, Apple, BMW, Wal-Mart, Target, Euromissile, PacSun, IBM, Merck, Kimberly-Clark, AT&T, LA Times, 3M Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, Ixia, Equifax, Burger King and Levi Strauss.

Whether producing a weekly TV series or a Fortune 500 company communications video, Thornton & Associates has a proven track record that has earned us awards and respect in both the entertainment and corporate communities.

Spencer Thornton has had a successful career as a television producer/director/writer and independent consultant – the last fourteen years under the banner of Shatter Glass Productions.

Most recently, Thornton was recruited by executive producer Henry Winkler to help update the Hollywood Squares game show franchise by creating and producing an ongoing series of “Behind the Scenes” segments with the stars to air three times within every half-hour show.

He co-created and served as a producer/writer on the unplugged music and adventure series Music in High Places, which has aired since September 2000 on the MTV networks, HDTV and DirecTV.

He has contributed in a similar capacity to dozens of network, cable and syndicated television shows, including: Pump it Up (Fox); Screenwriters on Film (Encore/Starz/Showtime); Exoticom and Direct Drive (Digital Entertainment Network).

He has worked as a segment producer/director for such top-rated networks as NBC, CBS, HBO, E! Entertainment Television, FOX, CMT, VH-1and MTV and such hit shows as Entertainment Tonight, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN’s Showbiz Today, and BET's Video Soul, to name a few.

A pioneer in the music video world, Thornton has garnered several awards for his work including an MTV Music Video Award. He has directed both conceptual and live performance music videos for hundreds of popular artists and groups, including the B-52s, Robert Palmer, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, The Go-Go’s, Billy Idol, James Brown, Elton John, INXS, Def Leppard, Glen Frey, The Indigo Girls and the Psychedelic Furs. He has taught workshops in music video and television production for several schools and media arts organizations.

He has produced, directed and written commercials and corporate videos for numerous companies, including such heavy hitters as Disney, Wal-Mart, BP, PepsiCo, Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, Kimberly-Clark, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss, AT&T, Apple, IBM, BMW, Lipton, Electra Records, Jive Records, Bell South and more.

In feature film, Thornton served as head producer for Menace, an urban drama released in 2003 by Artisan Entertainment. Menace claimed several film festival awards, including “Best Feature Film” at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival and three others during the prior year, including “Grand Jury Prize – Best Feature Film” at the Narrowsburg, N.Y. Film Festival; “Closing Night Film” at the Chicago Alternative Film Festival; and “Best Feature Film Drama” at the Iowa Film Festival.

He helmed two TV documentaries for public television, From the Mouths of Babes and Lost in America. Thornton’s home video projects include Cooking With Country Music Stars, which was honored with a Billboard Home Video Award.

Thornton is an experienced editor and has served as a film and video cameraman for ESPN, America’s Most Wanted and A Current Affair (FOX), Future Tense (Discovery); Extra (NBC); Inside Sports (HBO) The Big Picture (VH-1); The MacNeil Lehrer Report (PBS); The Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel); The Crusaders (Time-Warner); and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, to name a few.

Other awards to his credit include recognition from regional news media associations in both Atlanta and New York City.

Thornton graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in radio/television/film. While there, two of his student efforts, Walk on the Wild Side and Boots each were honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and garnered top honors at festivals around the country.