Biography
Damien Sayre Chazelle (/ʃəˈzɛl/; born January 19, 1985) is a French-American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period black comedy Babylon (2022). For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six, including Best Director, making him the youngest person to win the award at age 32. He has also directed two episodes of the Netflix limited series The Eddy (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Damien Chazelle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2017
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2017
- Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award · 2014
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2017 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2017 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2015 · nominated
Filmography15 titles
Whiplash
La La Land
Babylon
Friedkin Uncut
First Man
10 Cloverfield Lane
Dead Pigs
The Eddy
Grand Piano
Beeswax
Cold Comes the Night
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Mr. Jimmy
The Last Exorcism Part II
He's Way More Famous Than You