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MICHAEL S. CHANDLER 1St Assistant Director MICHAEL S. CHANDLER 1st Assistant Director Television (select) PROJECT DIRECTOR STUDIO/PRODUCTION CO. DEAD TO ME (season 2) Various Netflix / CBS Television Studios Prod: Christina Applegate, Jessica Elbaum, Buddy Enright I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS (season1) Various Netflix / 21 Laps Entertainment Prod: Jonathan Entwistle, Christy Hall, Buddy Enright AMERICAN VANDAL (seasons 1-2)* Tony Yacenda Netflix / Funny or Die / CBS Television / 3 Arts Ent. 2018 Peabody Award Prod: Joe Farrell, Dan Lagana, Joe Hardesty BROCKMIRE (season 2) Maurice L. Marable IFC / Funny or Die 2018 Critics Choice Nomination Prod: Joel Church-Cooper, Buddy Enright NIGHTCAP (seasons 1-2)** Johnny Milord PopTV / Lionsgate Television Prod: Ali Wentworth, Tom Brunnelle. Brad Wollack PLAYDATES (pilot) Brett Simon Honora Productions Cast: Paul Scheer, Carla Gallo, Miles Fisher Prod: Giles Andrews, Eliot Watson Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2017 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER (season 1, 4 episodes)***** Troy Miller NBC Prod: Lisa Higgins, Jason Ehrlich, Matt Kaye DEADBEAT (seasons 1-3)** Various Hulu / Lionsgate Television Prod: Dan Lagana, George Paaswell, Troy Miller HISTORY OF THE WORLD (season 1, 4 episodes) David Palmer NatGeo Prod: John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Don Paquette ARE YOU GEORGE LOPEZ? (pilot)**** Troy Miller TV Land / Dakota Pictures Cast: George Lopez, Whitney Cummings, Illeana Douglas Prod: Don Poquette THE NEW YORKER PRESENTS (pilot) Troy Miller Amazon Studios / Jigsaw Productions Cast: Alan Cumming, Bret Gelner ALIEN DAWN (series) Josh Crook Nickelodeon / Larry Schwarz & His Band Prod: Jeff Crook, Brian David Cange, Claudine Marrotte Feature Films (select) PROJECT DIRECTOR STUDIO/PRODUCTION CO. HAPPILY BenDavid Grabinski Indy Entertainment Cast: Kerry Bishé, Stephen Root, Natalie Morales Prod: Spencer Berman, Dave Green, Jack Black CROWN VIC* Joel Souza Screen Media Films Cast: Thomas Jane, Luke Kleintank, David Krumholtz Prod: Alec Baldwin, Anjul Nigam, Alyson Latz Official Selection: 2019 Tribeca Film Festival BAYOU CAVIAR** Cuba Gooding Jr. Brittany House Pictures Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss Prod: Todd Lewis, Paul Haggis, Anjul Nigam BETTER START RUNNING Brett Simon Whip Smart Productions Cast: Jeremy Irons, Maria Bello, Analeigh Tipton Prod: Dawn Bierschwal, Doug Miller, Jon Wagner WE’VE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN WE EVER KNEW Thomas Woodrow The Orchard Cast: Louisa Krause, Aaron Stanford, Doug Jones Prod: Paul Mezey, Michelle Cameron, Naomi Wells DEAN Demetri Martin CBS Films Cast: Kevin Kline, Demetri Martin, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Steenburgen Prod: Giles Andrews, Allison Carter, Traci Carlson Winner: Best Narrative Feature, 2016 Tribeca Film Festival LEARNING TO DRIVE (Additional Photography) Isabel Croixet Cinemavista Moving Pictures Inc. Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Samantha Bee Prod: Daniel Hammond, Lauren McCarthy, Susan Leber GROWING UP SMITH Frank Lotito Brittany House Pictures Cast: Jason Lee, Anjul Nigam, Brighton Sharbino Prod: Michelle Cameron, Anjul Nigam HITS*** David Cross Honora Productions Cast: Meredith Hagner, Michael Cera, Matt Walsh, Amy Sedaris Prod: Giles Andrews, Jessica Latham, Traci Carlson Premiere: 2014 Sundance Film Festival EDEN (NY Unit) Mia Hanson Love Broad Green Pictures Cast: Greta Gerwig, Brady Corbet Prod: James Price, Charles Gillibert JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD Carter Smith Versimilitude / Gravitas Ventures Cast: Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Morgan Saylor, Cameron Monaghan Prod: Alex Orlovsky, Jacob Jaffke, Zeke Dunn, Hunter Gray Premiere: 2014 Sundance Film Festival BLOWTORCH Kevin Breslin Momentum Pictures Cast: Lois Robbins, William Baldwin, Armand Assante Prod: Jesse Scolaro, Adrienne Stern, Csaba Bereczky MUTUAL FRIENDS Matt Watts Covert Productions Cast: Caitlin Fitzgerld, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Chernus Prod: Roweena Mackay, Jennifer Westin NIGHTLIGHTS** Dave Midell Indican Pictures / Play On Productions Cast: Shawna Waldron, Kate Lumpkin Black, Stephen Louis Grush Prod: Keaton Wooden, Adam Dick EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING Ric Klass EMFL Productions Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Knight, Jerry Stiller Prod: Mark Tocher, Ric Klass MAYBE TOMORROW Michael Wolfe Entertainment One Cast: Michael Wolfe, Chris Shyer, Paul Lange Prod: Aimee Denaro, Mark Montgomery * 1st AD + 2nd Unit Director ** 1st AD + Co-Producer *** 1st AD + Associate Producer **** 1st AD + UPM ***** Associate Director LOCATIONS: United States (CA, NY, GA, OR, KY, IL, WA, AL, NV, LA, NM), Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia Los Angeles New York p/323.856.3000 EasternTalent.net p/646.650.2422 .
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