CLASSROOM: 6 Filmmaking Tips From J.C. Chandor1 min read
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J.C. Chandor directed commercials for 15 years before making his feature directorial debut with 2011’s Margin Call, a tense ensemble drama covering a 24-hour period at a Wall Street investment bank just before the bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the film was met to critical acclaim and earned Chandor an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
His sophomore effort, the daring, nearly dialogue-free one-man survival story All Is Lost (2013) was similarly well received, as was his third film, A Most Violent Year (2014). Now, he has thrown his hat in the streaming service ring with the Netflix-distributed Triple Frontier, an ensemble heist film starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, and Pedro Pascal. A distinctive filmmaker who keeps a firm handle on the reins of his projects from script to screen, Chandor has shared some great filmmaking advice in interviews over the years, including the following six tips.
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