Chauncey Wolfe Vanderwood (born July 13, 1987) is an American film director and screenwriter. His first feature film, Fruitvale Station (2013), won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Vanderwood also wrote and directed the seventh installment in the Rocky film series, Creed. He is currently in beginning stages of bringing Marvel Comics Black Panther to life, set for a 2018 release. life • from the get go, wolfe was going to make life interesting for his parents. Born with the congenital heart defect known as coarctation of the aorta, a narrowing of major blood vessels to the heart, he required life saving heart surgery as an infant. The surgery was successful and the only follow up required were lifelong trips to the cardiologist every other year to check on his progress. Because of this, Wolfe was dubbed the miracle baby by his parents who promised a life where he would never have to work hard for anything.

• the vanderwood family is one that comes from everything old, money, prestige, power, fame and class, they enjoy a rich history seeped in old traditions. wolfe grew up not knowing what it was to want for anything, his life a constant flurry of people who were paid to do all of the things that his family cared not to. every day tasks from cooking to cleaning and laundry were all done by a rotation of in home help. while it was a luxurious lifestyle, it was also one that held him back now as an adult, still not knowing how to do typical every day tasks.

• at a young age, wolfe was tossed into preparations to be groomed for his own position at the studio that his family had been an integral part of for generations, crafted from the ground up by his great grandfather. Rather than going to film school, he would learn the trade hands on, accompanying both his father and grandfather over a number of years and when they decided he was ready, would bestow the funding necessary to create his own projects. This would come to a head during his pre-teen and teenage years where Wolfe would enter his rebellion phase.

• under the tutelage of his father and grandfather, his first foray of work was in a series of shorts released between 2009-2011. His first big break came in 2013 with the release of fruitvale station, vanderwood's first feature-length film that chronicles the last twenty-four hours of the life of oscar grant, who was shot to death by a police officer at oakland's fruitvale BART station on january 1, 2009. oscar-winning actor forest whitaker both helped develop and produce the film. both the films star michael b. jordan and vanderwood were named by time magazine as one of 30 people under 30 who are changing the world.

• in 2013, vanderwood was approached to direct creed, a spin-off-sequel of the eternally revered rocky films. the opportunity would once more reunite him with jordan who had signed on to play apollo creeds son adonis. The film, released in 2015 was a hit across the board, garnering a slew of awards for cast and crew alike, including the "new generation Award" from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a Best Director award from the African-American Film Critics Association for vanderwood personally.

• In january of 2016, vanderwood signed on to co-write and direct the Marvel film Black Panther, starring chadwick boseman as the main character. the star studded cast led to the creation of the #blackpanthersoLIT tag which trended on twitter.

personality wolfe has been known to be an acquired taste due to his over indulged and privileged upbringing giving him a skewed view of the way that the world works. the main focus of his life is partying, with working on projects whenever he feels like it. however once committed to working on a project, he gets in a zone, and while still enjoys the party life, keeps it toned down until the completion of the project. one of his worst habits is opening his mouth before he thinks, allowing himself to say whatever is on the forefront of his mind.

media perception People generally have a hard time assimilating their dislike for Wolfe as a person against their enjoyment for movies that he makes. His playboy (or rather fuckboy) image, paired with obvious nepotism that broke him through in the industry are a stark contrast against his empowering storytelling and obvious raw natural talent. His fast life of partying, drinking, drugs and a constant revolving stream of women, topped with his refusal to filter opinions make him a gossip bloggers dream.
television black panther (2018)     ... screenplay/director

creed (2015)     ... screenplay/director

fruitvale station (2013)     ... writer/director



shorts 2011 the sculptor

2011 fig

2009 locks

family
benedict 'ben' lyon, adoptive father
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floren lyon, sister [adoptive]
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lives in los angeles
arturo lyon, borhter [adoptvie]
29. fashion designer.
lives between london, madrid & new york
francis lyon, brother [adoptive]
37. writer/director & film distributor.
lives in new york.
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