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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
new-york dad cities
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.
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.
islands self littles
When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.
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.
people speak chatterbox
When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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.