Actor

Damien Chazelle

Directing

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Acting credits

Active

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TMDB popularity

3.2

Moderate attention

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Movies: 28Series: 4Crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 136495

IMDb ID: nm3227090

Known for: Directing

Born: January 19, 1985

Age: 41

Place of birth: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2026

Years active: 18

Average TMDB rating: 6.53

Wikidata: Q18350026

Also known as

Damien Sayre Chazelle

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Thanks (6)Writer (6)Director (3)Executive Producer (2)Post Production Assistant (1)Screenplay (1)

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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).