J.C. Chandor

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Margin Call (2011); All Is Lost (2013); A Most Violent Year. Count them as writer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Oliver Stone: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they directed: Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing). Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet.
    “Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Billions: 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Margin Call (2011), which they directed: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
    “margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they directed: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
    “this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

Writing (1) everyone in writing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): J.C. Chandor → A Most Violent Year. Koppelman became an instant J.C. fan and watched Chandor's later films the moment they were available.
    “I watched the most violent year, the moment it was available.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:30:39 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): J.C. Chandor → Kevin Spacey. Koppelman says the clapping was found by Spacey on the day, and Chandor kept the speech as written.
    “Spacey and he found the clapping thing like on the day”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:32:52 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about J.C. Chandor: Chandor wrote the script in about four straight days with almost no edits, per a morning message to Koppelman.
    “He wrote the script basically in 4 straight days”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:31:53 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)