Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle
Chazelle in 2014
Born
Damien Sayre Chazelle[1]

(1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 39)
Citizenship
  • France
  • United States
Alma materHarvard University
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active2008–present
Spouses
  • Jasmine McGlade
    (m. 2010; div. 2014)
  • (m. 2018)
Children2
Parent(s)Bernard Chazelle
Celia Chazelle
AwardsFull list
Signature

Damien Sayre Chazelle (/ʃəˈzɛl/; born January 19, 1985)[2] is an American filmmaker.[3] He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romantic drama La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period film Babylon (2022).

For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six including Best Director, making him the youngest person to win the award at age 32.[4][5] He has directed two episodes of the Netflix limited series The Eddy (2020).

  1. ^ "Damien Chazelle | Biography, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Damien Chazelle: Screenwriter, Director (1985–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Damien Chazelle, réalisateur de LALALAND - C à vous - 13/01/2017, January 16, 2017, retrieved May 9, 2022
  4. ^ F. Brinley Bruton (February 27, 2017). "Oscars 2017: Damien Chazelle Is Youngest to Win Best Director". NBC News.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference youngestgg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Tubidy