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Jim Chory

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
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Jim Chory is known for Heroes (2006), Jessica Jones (2015) and The District (2000).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Noah Gray-Cabey, and James Kyson in Heroes (2006)
    Heroes
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones (2015)
    Jessica Jones
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Producer
    The District (2000)
    The District
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Dark Winds (2022)
    Dark Winds
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • Dark Winds (2022)
      Dark Winds
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023–2025
    • Victor Rasuk and Nathalie Kelley in The Baker and the Beauty (2020)
      The Baker and the Beauty
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer (as James Chory)
      • 2020
    • Poppy Montgomery in Reef Break (2019)
      Reef Break
      6.0
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • The Punisher (2017)
      The Punisher
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2019
    • Charlie Cox in Daredevil (2015)
      Daredevil
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2018
    • The Gifted (2017)
      The Gifted
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2018
    • Finn Jones in Iron Fist (2017)
      Iron Fist
      6.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2018
    • Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph in Cloak & Dagger (2018)
      Cloak & Dagger
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Mike Colter in Luke Cage (2016)
      Luke Cage
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016–2018
    • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
      Legion
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2018
    • Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Iain De Caestecker, Nick Blood, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
      Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016–2018
    • Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones (2015)
      Jessica Jones
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2018
    • New Warriors (2017)
      New Warriors
      5.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
      Runaways
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, and Iwan Rheon in Inhumans (2017)
      Inhumans
      4.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • A Not So Hollow Halloween! (2021)
      A Not So Hollow Halloween!
      TV Series
      • trainee assistant director
      • 2021
    • The Plotagon Show (2019)
      The Plotagon Show
      TV Series
      • d.g.a. trainee
      • 2019
    • The District (2000)
      The District
      7.2
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • 2003
    • John Alexander in Mighty Joe Young (1998)
      Mighty Joe Young
      5.7
      • assistant director
      • 1998
    • Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston in Jack Frost (1998)
      Jack Frost
      5.5
      • first assistant director
      • 1998
    • Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
      Shadow Conspiracy
      4.9
      • assistant director
      • 1997
    • Billy Crystal and Debra Winger in Forget Paris (1995)
      Forget Paris
      6.5
      • first assistant director
      • 1995
    • Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke in Coneheads (1993)
      Coneheads
      5.5
      • first assistant director
      • 1993
    • Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
      Mr. Saturday Night
      5.9
      • first assistant director
      • 1992
    • Billy Crystal, Helen Slater, Bruno Kirby, and Daniel Stern in City Slickers (1991)
      City Slickers
      6.8
      • first assistant director
      • 1991
    • Ivory Hunters (1990)
      Ivory Hunters
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson in Miles from Home (1988)
      Miles from Home
      5.7
      • first assistant director (as James A. Chory)
      • 1988
    • Happy New Year (1987)
      Happy New Year
      5.9
      • second assistant director
      • 1987
    • Robert Carradine, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Curtis Armstrong, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, and Larry B. Scott in Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
      Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
      5.1
      • first assistant director
      • 1987
    • Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
      Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
      5.5
      • second assistant director (as James A. Chory)
      • 1987

    Director

    • Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Noah Gray-Cabey, and James Kyson in Heroes (2006)
      Heroes
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • American Dreams (2002)
      American Dreams
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004–2005
    • The District (2000)
      The District
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002–2003
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      • James A. Chory

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