Early life and education
Chandor grew up in the Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, Bernards Township, New Jersey. He is the son of Mary (McDonald) and Jeff Chandor, an investment banker. After graduating in 1992 from Ridge High School in Bernards Township, he received his bachelor's degree in 1996 from The College of Wooster. During the 15 years leading up to ''Margin Call'', Chandor directed Television advertisement, commercials.Film career
''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 2011, 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. 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 for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, 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. In 2015, it was announced that Chandor had replaced Kathryn Bigelow as director for the crime film ''Triple Frontier (film), Triple Frontier''. The film released on Netflix in March 2019 to generally favorable reviews. In 2017, he inked a first look deal with Gaumont. In 2020, it was announced that Chandor would direct a film Kraven the Hunter (film), ''Kraven the Hunter'' for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Chandor runs the production company CounterNarrative Films with producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb in New York City. They have dozens of projects in various stages of development for film and television.Filmography
Producer * ''The Con Is On'' (2018) * ''Viper Club'' (2018) Executive producer * ''Monos (film), Monos'' (2019) * ''Run This Town (film), Run This Town'' (2019)References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandor, J. C. Living people American male screenwriters College of Wooster alumni Ridge High School alumni People from Bernards Township, New Jersey 1973 births Film directors from New Jersey Advertising directors Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners Film producers from New Jersey Screenwriters from New Jersey