Known for Directing
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.
Born
January 19, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Filmography
41 films, 5 shows


Babylon
2022 · 3h 9m
country: United States
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.


First Man
2018 · 2h 21m
country: United States
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.


La La Land
2016 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.


Whiplash
2014 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.


Whiplash
2013 · 18m
country: United States
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.


Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
2010 · 1h 23m
country: United States
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.