J. C. Chandor
J. C. Chandor
Jeffrey McDonald Chandor— known as J. C. Chandor — is an American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing the films Margin Call, All Is Lost, and A Most Violent Year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 November 1973
CountryUnited States of America
That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
films greater hopefully huge lives understanding
I'm a huge fan of the films of the '70s and even into the '80s, Sidney Lumet, all those films that used what was going on in people's lives as drama. And not only are you entertained, but hopefully have a greater understanding of your world coming out of it.
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The original Spencer Tracy version of 'The Old Man and the Sea' was always terribly flawed because of the over-reliance on voice over, but it's still a beautiful movie.
When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.
second shot turned
To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I realize I'm probably going to be able to do this for a little while for my living.
embracing inherent learned narrative weaknesses
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.
experience great life rest structured
Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
spiritual
I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
growing-up film my-family
I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone, but a movie director and writer was beyond my role of understanding.
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I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.
thinking proud lines
I think my films kind of walk this line that Im proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.