Directed by Victor Buhler, Chaperone depicts a date in which the couple is accompanied by the girl’s aunt. The girl dislikes the arrangement, but her date’s attitude is different, as shown in a final plot twist.
Three actors take the main roles. Joshua Harto is the male lead, and his later television credits include JAG, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. He also appeared in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies. The female roles are played by Anne Carney (seen on TV in Person of Interest and The Blacklist) and Jessica Dunphy (several performances in The Sopranos and As The World Turns).
Chaperone was nominated for seven awards, and won five. The wins included the Portland Festival of World Cinema, the American Film Institute Fest, the Method Fest, and the Hamptons International Film Festival.
After Chaperone, director Buhler switched to documentaries, such as A Whole Lott More (about employees with disabilities), The Beautiful Game (soccer in Africa), and Rikers High (students in prison).
