Damien Chazelle
Birthday: 1985-01-19
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Damien Chazelle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
The cast and crew discuss the inspiration and motivation behind the original story and development o...
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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay t...
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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious pa...
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Friedkin Uncut
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary an...
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les P...
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La La La
When the silent cinema learned to speak, the audience was surprised not only by the voices of the ac...
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Fellini of the Spirits
2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and on...
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