J. C. Chandor

Chandor grew up in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey.Elstein, Aaron. [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111106/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/111109924 "Capturing Wall Street on the silver screen; One reason Margin Call expertly captures how investment bankers and traders look, sound and see the world is that its writer and director, J.C. Chandor, is a son of Wall Street. He was also inspired by other movies about business."], Crain's New York Business, November 6, 2011. Accessed June 19, 2013. "As a youth growing up in Basking Ridge, N.J., Mr. Chandor hung out on the Merrill Lynch's trading floor in lower Manhattan while his father, an investment banker, worked the phones making deals." He is the son of Mary (McDonald) and Jeff Chandor, an investment banker.{{cite news|url=http://newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/ridge-high-grad-directs-new-hollywood-thriller/article_b834f746-ea8f-11e0-b3c5-001cc4c03286.html|title=Ridge High grad directs new Hollywood thriller|first1=W. Jacob|last1=Perry|date=September 30, 2011|work=Bernardsville News}}{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybuff.com/canada-bbs/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1400|title=ONTARIO - Ottawa - Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Funeral Homes Obituaries - 4|at=Virginia Francis McDonald obituary|date=March 19, 2009}} After graduating in 1992 from Ridge High School in Bernards Township,[http://newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/film-by-ridge-high-alum-j-c-chandor-critically-accclaimed/article_7aa82554-c474-11e2-b2bb-001a4bcf887a.html "Film by Ridge High alum, J.C. Chandor, critically accclaimed at Cannes"], The Bernardsville News, May 24, 2013. Accessed June 19, 2013. "Chandor, a 1992 Ridge High School graduate, wrote and directed his first feature-length film released in 2011, the critically acclaimed Margin Call, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Screenplay category." he received his bachelor's degree in 1996 from The College of Wooster. During the 15 years leading up to Margin Call, Chandor directed commercials.

Margin Call was Chandor's first feature-length film. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah; it also played In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear. Margin Call was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards and won two of them: for Best First Feature and the Robert Altman Award for Best Cast. Chandor was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

His second feature film All Is Lost was screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cannes-review-all-is-lost-527327| title = All Is Lost Cannes review| author = McCarthy, Todd | date = May 22, 2013| access-date = October 1, 2013| work =The Hollywood Reporter }}{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html |title=2013 Official Selection|date=21 April 2013|access-date=21 April 2013|work=Cannes}} It received critical acclaim, especially for Robert Redford's solo performance which featured almost no dialogue, for which Redford won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.

In 2014, Chandor directed Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year, which was nominated for a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award and which won three National Board of Review awards: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Picture for Chandor and his producing partners Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb.{{cite web| url = https://deadline.com/2014/01/sundance-a24-acquiring-j-c-chandor-helmed-a-most-violent-year-with-oscar-isaac-and-jessica-chastain-669314/| title = Sundance: A24 Acquiring J.C. Chandor-Helmed 'A Most Violent Year' With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain| access-date = January 24, 2014| website=Deadline Hollywood| date = 22 January 2014}}

In 2015, Chandor replaced Kathryn Bigelow as director for the crime film Triple Frontier.{{cite news|last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr.|title=JC Chandor Circling Mark Boal-Scripted Hot-Button Drama 'Triple Frontier'|url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/jc-chandor-triple-frontier-paramount-pictures-kathryn-bigelow-tom-hanks-will-smith-1201445114/|access-date=January 21, 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 29, 2015}} The film was released on Netflix in March 2019 to generally favorable reviews. In 2017, he signed a first look deal with Gaumont.{{Cite web|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|date=2017-10-03|title=Gaumont Inks First-Look TV Deal With J.C. Chandor (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/gaumont-inks-first-look-tv-deal-with-j-c-chandor-exclusive-1202578923/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

In 2020, it was announced that Chandor would direct a film Kraven the Hunter for Sony's Spider-Man Universe.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=2020-08-20|title=Marvel's 'Kraven The Hunter' Movie At Sony Eyes 'Triple Frontier's J.C. Chandor As Director|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/kraven-the-hunter-movie-jc-chandor-director-sony-marvel-1203012135/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Deadline|language=en}} In August 2023, it was revealed that he also provided "additional literary material" for the film.{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2023 |title=Kraven the Hunter – WGA Directory |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1225052/kraven-the-hunter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916161354/https://directories.wga.org/project/1225052/kraven-the-hunter/ |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |publisher=Writers Guild of America West}}

In 2024, Deadline reported that Chandor had closed a deal with Sony Pictures to direct an original contemporary drama he has written, which will likely be his next film as a director. This came after Sony was impressed with Chandor's latest cut of Kraven the Hunter.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2024-08-13 |title=Sony Pictures Acquires New Script By 'Kraven The Hunter' Helmer J.C. Chandor As SPC Readies Next 'Spider-Man' Universe Pic With Aaron Taylor-Johnson |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/sony-jc-chandor-script-kraven-the-hunter-director-1236038253/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Chandor runs the production company CounterNarrative Films with producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb in New York City.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.counternarrative.net/about-counternarrative |website=CounterNarrative Films }}

Short film

Feature film

Producer

• Viper Club (2018)

Executive producer

• So Good to See You (2016) (short film)
• The Con Is On (2018)
• Monos (2019)
• Run This Town (2019)

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