Broken Lizard comedy troupe Chandrasekhar formed
Broken Lizard with former members of comedy troupe Charred Goosebeak and
Beta Theta Pi, people he met during college at
Colgate University. The film made it into the
Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Then in 2001, they made
Super Troopers as an independent movie, which
Harvey Weinstein helped to develop at
Miramax Films, but did not end up distributing.
Directing In 2005, Chandrasekhar directed
The Dukes of Hazzard. The
action comedy film based on the 1970s
American television series of the same name was the debut of pop singer
Jessica Simpson as an actress. While financially successful, the film was met with negative reviews from critics. He has become an established television comedy director, directing episodes of
Undeclared, Happy Endings, Chuck, Community, Psych, New Girl, and
Arrested Development. He directed several episodes of
Blue Mountain State.
Amazon released a pilot in the 2014 Amazon Original Series that he wrote and directed called
Really. Between 2014 and 2018, he directed 16 episodes of
The Goldbergs. In June 2018, the filmmaker revealed that he is in discussions with
Marvel Studios to direct one of their upcoming movies. In February 2021, Chandrasekhar was announced as the director of the family comedy
Easter Sunday, starring
Jo Koy.
Acting Chandrasekhar guest starred alongside his cousin
Sendhil Ramamurthy in a 2009 episode of
Psych, which Chandrasekhar also directed. He appeared as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from
Jackass: Number Two. He appeared as racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta in the episode "
Basic Email Security" of
Community, which Chandrasekhar also directed.
Stand-up Chandrasekhar often does stand-up comedy, sometimes touring with fellow Broken Lizard friends,
Steve Lemme and
Kevin Heffernan. == Personal life ==