Jonathan Chance
Along with his brother Richard, John Chance co-wrote their debut film The Veil, completing it in 2005, and secured a distributor for its release on DVD in January 2008. At the age of just 22, John assumed the roles of editor, co-star and assistant director on the project, and took on an additional workload of post production, sound mixing and establishment of the film’s “feel” with atmospheric sound and music.

Post-Veil, John and Richard went on to direct 2007’s Chainmail. The short, an example of what minimal actors and crew can accomplish with no money (just imagination and hard work!), showcases the brothers’ potential for what could be achieved in a second feature film with financial backing. An Official Selection at the 2007 AOF (Action On Film) Film Festival in L.A., and a finalist at the International Festival of Fantastic films in Manchester, England, its success continues with a showing on SKY Television’s Channel 195, reaching an audience of 8-14 million.

2008 has been a successful and productive year for the young filmmakers, with a critically acclaimed debut feature on DVD, a second film airing on a popular TV channel in Europe and the UK, and a recent Stateside win for their co-written eighteen-minute short, titled The Day I Tried To Live, which picked up “Best Guerilla Film-The Xristos Award” honors at AOF in July.

John is author of several short screenplays, a collaborator on four screenplays with Richard, and has just recently finished his first full-length feature screenplay.  The brothers are currently working on the script for their second feature film and are looking for agent representation and financing.

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