J. C. Chandor

Jeffrey McDonald Chandor is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director.

Chandor was born in Morristown, and was brought up in Basking Ridge, which is a part of Bernards Township in New Jersey. He is the son of Jeff Chandor and Mary (McDonald) Chandor. Jeff is an investment banker who worked with Merrill Lynch for thirty years. He graduated from Ridge High School in 1992, and has a bachelor's degree from the College of Wooster, Ohio, in 1996. When Chandor was 19 years of age, he was included in a vehicle collision with four companions from college. The driver got killed and Chandor was abruptly seized by what he tells "a feeling of desperation." At that point, he dropped out and went to a film program at New York University to "sufficiently live life" for both himself and that young fellow who was executed in the mishap. Before coming to the film industry and directing movies, Chandor was directing advertisements and documentaries. He married Mary Cameron Goodyear in 2004 and together they have two children. Mary's father is a lawyer. She was raised in Missouri and was an artist in NY.

He had composed what he trusted would be his presentation highlight by 2006. An Icelandic speculator had consented to back the task, which appeared to be unrealistic, until the Icelandic monetary emergency bit and the cash, all of a sudden, vanished. Chandor was a week from shooting and had already burned $200,000.

His first feature film was Margin Call Click to look into! >> Read More... in 2011. It was in the seventh spot on the Boycott of Promising Unmade Screenplays, 2010. The film first featured at the Sundance Movie Festival in Park City, Utah in 2011, and likewise, played at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was named for the Golden Bear. It was played In Competition. Set in a huge American venture bank and in the time frame of the monetary emergency, it investigates the way ranking staff react when it turns out to be clear that the organization is going to become bankrupt. It was a dynamic, pushing debut, yet Chandor tailed it with something very distinctive. "All is Lost" (2013) has no discourse. It turns on the battle of a solitary yachtsman, played by Robert Redford One of the most remarkable voices in Hollywood cin >> Read More... , and his journey of survival from a mischance adrift. It was showcased at the Cannes Movie Festival, 2013, and was screened Out of Competition. It also got critical praise, particularly for Robert Redford's performance execution for which he won the NY Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. He was also named for the Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award. He signed a two-picture deal for writing with Warner Brothers and his first project is titled, ‘Portofino’, which is to be an international thriller. In 2014, he directed the movie, A Most Violent Year, which featured Oscar Isaac Oscar Isaac Hernandez-Estrada was born on March 9, >> Read More... and Jessica Chastain Jessica Chastain aka Jessica Michelle Chastain is >> Read More... . It was announced on 29th June, 2015 that he was in discussions to direct Triple Frontier, a crime film. He is the producer for the movie, The Brits Are Coming (2016).