Damien Chazelle

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1985-01-19 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Damien Chazelle

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 ...

Production

2013

Grand Piano

as Writer

2009

Beeswax

as Post Production Assistant

2014

Whiplash

as Writer

2014

Whiplash

as Director

2016

La La Land

as Writer

2010

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

as Production Supervisor

2022

Babylon

as Writer

2013

Whiplash

as Director

2013

Whiplash

as Writer

2016

10 Cloverfield Lane

as Screenplay

2010

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

as Director of Photography

2018

First Man

as Director

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The Claim

as Writer

-

2016

La La Land

as Lyricist

2018

First Man

as Producer

2022

Babylon

as Director

2016

La La Land

as Director

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