J.D. McClatchy was born on August 12, 1945 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA as Joseph Donald McClatchy Jr. He is known for his work on The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006), 1984 (2006) and W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree (2016). He was married to Chip Kidd. He died on April 10, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.