Damien Chazelle

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Born

1/19/1985

Age

40

Credit(s)

8

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. Hi ...Show More