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Personal Info

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).

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Known For

Writing

2022

Babylon as Writer

2016

La La Land as Writer
10 Cloverfield Lane as Screenplay
La La Land as Lyricist

2014

Whiplash as Writer

2013

Grand Piano as Writer
Whiplash as Writer

Directing

2022

Babylon as Director

2020

The Eddy as Director

2018

First Man as Director

2016

La La Land as Director

2014

Whiplash as Director

2013

Whiplash as Director

Crew

2009

Beeswax as Post Production Assistant

Production

2020

The Eddy as Executive Producer

2018

First Man as Producer

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Heart of the Beast as Producer

Camera

2010

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench as Director of Photography