Jonathan Chance

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We are Southern California-based & British Filmmakers Chance Encounters Productions. My brother Richard and I co-wrote and directed the acclaimed feature film The Veil, the nominated short film Chainmail, and the 2008 Action On Film Festival award-winning short The Day I Tried to Live. In 2009, our latest venture, The Waiting Room, was nominated for Best Horror Screenplay at the same festival. Most recently we appeared as Guest editors on Propeller4film a British short film website for the best of UK emerging talent.
In 2010, Chance Encounters will release the better than ever horror epic Richard Chance's The Veil US CUT - how it should of rightfully been seen; at film festivals worldwide and eventually local theaters! And just because we can't sit down - two more short films will be released this year! Starting with a short film by John Chance titled apt. which will be released simultaneously with The Veil US CUT at festivals ... and later in the year The Timeslip a Chance Bros film.

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