- When he was 19 years old, he was involved in a car accident with four college friends: the driver was killed, and Chandor was suddenly seized by what he calls "a sense of urgency". Then he dropped out of college and enrolled in a film programme at New York University in order to "live enough life" for both himself and that young man who was killed in the accident.
- Prior to Margin Call (2011), Chandor worked on commercials and documentaries for some 15 years.
- By 2006, he had written what he hoped would be his debut feature. An Icelandic investor had agreed to finance the project, which seemed too good to be true until the Icelandic financial crisis bit and the money suddenly vanished. Chandor was a week away from filming and had already spent $200,000.
- His film Margin Call was in seventh place on the 2010 "Black List" of promising unmade screenplays, just above American Hustle and Argo.
- A 1996 graduate of Ohio's The College of Wooster.
- Spent 15 years of his life struggling to get to in a position so that he could make feature films.
- Signed a two-picture writing deal with Warner Brothers, and hopes to begin shooting his second feature in 2012.
- His first Warner project is to write "Portofino," an international thriller.
- Is the father of two children, and his own father worked for over 30 years with Merrill Lynch.
- Attended NYU Film School.
- His wife Mary, whose father is a lawyer, was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and was an artist in New York City.
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