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
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.
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.
decent grades great high highly history math motivated painting saw school science took
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.
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.
flawed man original spencer terribly tracy version
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.
scary violent ends
When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life. And that I can’t do.
taste avant-garde elements
There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this theres certainly a kind of avant-garde, abstract, existential element to it.
islands self littles
When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.
government america people
We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.
views guy understanding
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.
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.
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.