Chloe Domont
Chloe Domont | |
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 Domont in 2023 | |
| Born | September 2, 1987 |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Television and film director Screenwriter |
Chloe Domont (born September 2, 1987) is an American television and film writer and director, best known for her 2023 film directorial debut, Fair Play, an erotic thriller about gender dynamics in the workplace.[1]
Early life and education
She is from Los Angeles. Her father, a
Directing career
After graduation she directed commercials and wrote for short films. A chance meeting with Julian Farino led to a writers' assistant position on Ballers. Farino found her "monumentally overqualified," but still eager to learn with "an intensity of purpose." She advanced to the writers' room and then creator Steve Levinson gave her a chance to direct an episode, her first big break.[4][5] By 2017 she had steady television work, directing and writing for shows including Ballers, Suits and Billions.[6]
Her debut film, Fair Play, which she wrote and directed, was personal for her[6] and based on her life experiences. Her experience as the only woman in the Ballers writers' room is described as life changing. She felt that she had to "act like one of the boys," or lose her seat at the table.[5] Also, she found that as she became more successful the men she dated became insecure. Domont set out to make an "exploration of that most exquisitely fragile of constructs—the male ego."[7] The movie was felt to specifically speak to the #MeToo era.[8] She used the genre of erotic thriller to show the ways women are forced to play ugly to survive and to demonstrate the dangers of male inferiority[6][9] and fragility.[10] The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to a "rapturous response."[11] Netflix won a distribution bidding war for $20 million. The theatre release was in September 2023.[3] To be able to recreate the New York ambience that she envisioned, she went to Serbia to shoot; she had been warned that doing so would be "career suicide."[12]
As a filmmaker, she looks to create conversation and debate with films that shock and push the envelope;[3] manipulate and do something different with a genre;[13] "and, ultimately have something really piercing to say at the end."[2]
References
- ^ Dighe, Om. "Domont debuts with the gripping and powerful "Fair Play"". Trinitonian. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "'Fair Play' Director Chloe Domont's Top 5". A.frame. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Fair Play Writer-Director Chloe Domont on Making of Her Office-Romance Disaster Movie". www.moviemaker.com. October 9, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Rubin, Rebecca (October 11, 2023). "With 'Fair Play,' Director Chloe Domont Creates the Kind of Steamy, Psycho-Sexual Thriller We Haven't Seen Since the '90s". Variety. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Thompson, Anne (September 29, 2023). "How Chloe Domont's Hazing in Television Inspired Her Sundance Breakout 'Fair Play'". IndieWire. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c Weintraub, Steve; Jones, Tamera (October 6, 2023). "'Fair Play' Director Chloe Domont on the Importance of Intimate Scenes in Exploring the Power Dynamic". Collider. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Abrams (October 6, 2023). ""Fair Play" Writer/Director Chloe Domont Makes a Killing on Male Fragility". Motion Picture Association. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "Here's What You Need To Understand About 'Fair Play's Ending". Women's Health. October 10, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "'Fair Play' Was Always Going to End Like This". ELLE. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Bergenson, Samantha (March 8, 2023). "28 Rising Female Filmmakers to Watch in 2023". Indie Wire. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Hemphill, Jim (December 22, 2023). "'Risk Fuels Me': Writer/Director Chloe Domont on Her Explosive 'Fair Play'". IndieWire. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ Greenblatt, Leah: Chloe Domont on Her Dangerous Date Movie, ‘Fair Play’ New York Times, Retrieved 2023-11-20