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Michael S. Chandler

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Director
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Michael S. Chandler on set
Michael is a First Assistant Director for feature film, episodic television, commercials, and music videos.

Michael is known for his work on Shadow and Bone (2021), Paper Girls (2022), Dave (2021), I Am Not Okay With This (2020), Crown Vic (2019), Happily (2019), Brockmire (2017), American Vandal (2017), Better Late Than Never (2016), and Deadbeat (2014-2016).
BornDecember 23, 1986
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BornDecember 23, 1986
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    Known for

    Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in NCIS: Tony & Ziva (2025)
    NCIS: Tony & Ziva
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Dominique Thorne in Ironheart (2025)
    Ironheart
    4.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Sophie Okonedo, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Madeleine Madden, and Marcus Rutherford in The Wheel of Time (2021)
    The Wheel of Time
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, and Jessie Mei Li in Shadow and Bone (2021)
    Shadow and Bone
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • 12 12 12
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in NCIS: Tony & Ziva (2025)
      NCIS: Tony & Ziva
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Dominique Thorne in Ironheart (2025)
      Ironheart
      4.5
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Sophie Okonedo, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Josha Stradowski, Madeleine Madden, and Marcus Rutherford in The Wheel of Time (2021)
      The Wheel of Time
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, and Jessie Mei Li in Shadow and Bone (2021)
      Shadow and Bone
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Mother Mary (2022)
      Mother Mary
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Paper Girls (2022)
      Paper Girls
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • A Martinez, Zahn McClarnon, and Jessica Matten in Dark Winds (2022)
      Dark Winds
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Dave Burd in Dave (2020)
      Dave
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Michael Chandler)
      • 2021
    • Pizza Hut: Beyond Meat - Clarence (2021)
      Pizza Hut: Beyond Meat - Clarence
      Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Helen Hunt, Atticus Woodward, Benjamin Earl Turner, Rafael Casal, Jaylen Barron, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Candace Nicholas-Lippman in Blindspotting (2021)
      Blindspotting
      6.6
      TV Series
      • pre-production assistant director
      • 2021
    • Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé in Happily (2021)
      Happily
      5.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Miller Lite: Cantenna (2020)
      Miller Lite: Cantenna
      Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Mena Suvari, Rainn Wilson, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Fionn Whitehead in Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
      Don't Tell a Soul
      5.9
      • schedule consultant
      • 2020
    • Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in Dead to Me (2019)
      Dead to Me
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Wyatt Oleff and Sophia Lillis in I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
      I Am Not Okay with This
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020

    Producer

    • Swim Fishy
      • co-producer
      • Post-production
    • Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lia Marie Johnson in Bayou Caviar (2018)
      Bayou Caviar
      4.6
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Paulina Porizkova, Alexandra Wentworth, Lauren Blumenfeld, Ashley Park, and Don Fanelli in Nightcap (2016)
      Nightcap
      5.5
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2016–2017
    • Tyler Labine in Deadbeat (2014)
      Deadbeat
      7.2
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2016
    • NightLights (2014)
      NightLights
      7.8
      • co-producer
      • 2014
    • Hits (2014)
      Hits
      5.8
      • associate producer
      • 2014
    • Flipsters (2013)
      Flipsters
      TV Series
      • co-producer (2013)
      • 2013
    • Death by Suicide (A Documentary Story) (2011)
      Death by Suicide (A Documentary Story)
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • My Bloody Wedding (2010)
      My Bloody Wedding
      3.0
      • producer
      • 2010

    Director

    • Tyler Labine in Deadbeat (2014)
      Deadbeat
      7.2
      TV Series
      • second unit
      • 2016
    • Flipsters (2013)
      Flipsters
      TV Series
      • Director (2013)
      • 2013
    • Alien Dawn (2013)
      Alien Dawn
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • second unit
      • 2013
    • Death by Suicide (A Documentary Story) (2011)
      Death by Suicide (A Documentary Story)
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Michael Chandler
    • Height
      • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
    • Born
      • December 23, 1986
      • Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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      • Chandler

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