Damien Chazelle
Damien Chazelle is a French-American filmmaker. Born January 19, 1985, in Providence. Educated at Harvard University and Princeton High School. Awards include Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award, Academy Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
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- Described as
- French-American filmmaker
- Other names
- Damien Sayre Chazelle
- Born
- January 19, 1985 · 4 references
- Born in
- Providence · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Damien Sayre Chazelle
- Citizen of
- United States; France · 1 reference
- Occupation
- screenwriter · 1 reference; cinematographer; film producer; film or television director · 1 reference; director · 2 references
- Education
- Harvard University · 1 reference; Princeton High School · 1 reference
- Member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- Awards
- Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award (2014); Academy Award for Best Director (2017); BAFTA Award for Best Direction (2017) · 2 references
- Field
- film · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Olivia Hamilton (2018–) · 1 reference; Jasmine McGlade (2010–2014) · 1 reference
- Father
- Bernard Chazelle
- Mother
- Celia Chazelle
- Siblings
- Anna Chazelle
- Wikipedias with a page
- 53
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385048374
Damien Sayre Chazelle (; 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 epic tragedy 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.
- Born, in its opening lines
- January 19, 1985
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