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Damien Chazelle

Born 1985-01-19

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.

Known for

La La Land 2016 · 8.2 Whiplash 2014 · 8.5 10 Cloverfield Lane 2016 · 7.2 First Man 2018 · 7.4 Babylon 2022 · 7.7 Grand Piano 2013 · 5.9 The Last Exorcism Part II 2013 · 4.0 Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench 2010 · 6.0 Friedkin Uncut 2018 · 7.1 Sergio Leone - L'italiano che inventò l'America 2022 · 7.6